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Proverbs 20:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 656

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/2004, pp. 19-20

    5/1/2000, p. 19

    8/1/1987, pp. 3-4

    5/15/1987, p. 29

    4/15/1985, p. 19

    5/15/1975, p. 300

    8/1/1974, pp. 451-453

    11/1/1973, p. 669

    6/1/1963, pp. 323-324

    3/15/1961, pp. 181-183

    8/15/1951, pp. 510-511

    Awake!,

    3/8/1986, p. 10

    Happiness, p. 99

  • Publications Index

    it-1 656; w04 12/1 19-20; w00 5/1 19; w87 5/15 29; w87 8/1 3-4; g86 3/8 10;

    w85 4/15 19; hp 99; w75 300; w74 451-453; w73 669; ad 469; w63 324; w61 182; g60 3/8 16; w51 510

Proverbs 20:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1960, pp. 404-406

  • Publications Index

    fl 39; w60 405; w47 267; w31 309

Proverbs 20:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    No. 3 2019, pp. 10-11

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 279

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 227, 648-649

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1961, pp. 566-567

  • Publications Index

    g19.3 10-11; it-1 279; it-2 227, 648-649;

    ad 208, 1317; w61 567

Proverbs 20:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2005, p. 12

    9/15/2003, p. 14

    11/1/1997, p. 32

    5/1/1988, p. 5

    11/1/1981, pp. 14-15

    5/15/1961, pp. 307-308

    5/15/1960, pp. 306-308

    8/1/1953, pp. 452-454

    Awake!,

    12/8/2004, pp. 9-10

    4/22/1989, pp. 21-22

    4/8/1981, p. 10

  • Publications Index

    w05 11/15 12; g04 12/8 9-10; w03 9/15 14; w97 11/1 32; g89 4/22 21-22; w88 5/1 5;

    w81 11/1 14-15; g81 4/8 10; w61 308; w60 307; w53 453

Proverbs 20:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1974, p. 367

  • Publications Index

    w74 367

Proverbs 20:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1211

    God’s Kingdom Has Approached, pp. 126-127

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/1953, pp. 55-57

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1211;

    ka 126-127; ad 837; w53 56

Proverbs 20:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    10/8/1978, p. 6

    10/8/1975, pp. 17-18

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1956, pp. 649-651

  • Publications Index

    g78 10/8 6; g75 10/8 17; w56 650

Proverbs 20:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    3/2016, pp. 4-5

    Awake!,

    8/22/1997, p. 20

    4/8/1981, p. 13

    2/22/1981, p. 19

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1986, p. 20

    1/1/1981, p. 17

    12/1/1962, pp. 707-708

    10/1/1962, pp. 583-584

    4/1/1962, pp. 213-214

    3/15/1957, pp. 182-183

  • Publications Index

    w16.03 4-5; g97 8/22 20; w86 11/1 20;

    w81 1/1 17; g81 2/22 19; g81 4/8 13; g64 3/22 27; w62 213, 583, 708; w57 182

Proverbs 20:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 704

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1978, p. 16

  • Publications Index

    it-2 704;

    w78 7/15 16; ad 1353-1354; g63 3/22 12; g63 6/22 12; g61 9/22 9; w48 131

Proverbs 20:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    3/15/1979, p. 28

    8/15/1962, pp. 497-498

  • Publications Index

    w79 3/15 28; w62 497

Proverbs 20:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/1976, p. 627

    3/15/1961, p. 187

    Awake!,

    7/22/1973, p. 14

  • Publications Index

    w76 627; g73 7/22 14; w61 187

Proverbs 20:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    5/2011, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    g 5/11 19

Proverbs 20:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 648

  • Publications Index

    it-2 648;

    ad 1317

Proverbs 20:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 995

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/1974, p. 246

  • Publications Index

    it-1 995;

    w74 246

Proverbs 20:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2012, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    w12 6/15 31

Proverbs 20:19

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1975, p. 766

    4/1/1971, pp. 222-224

    3/15/1959, pp. 177-179

    8/15/1955, pp. 496-498

    2/15/1951, pp. 103-105

  • Publications Index

    w75 766; w71 222-224; w59 178; w55 497; w51 104

Proverbs 20:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    10/22/1979, pp. 10-11

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1973, pp. 474, 476

  • Publications Index

    g79 10/22 10-11; w73 474, 476

Proverbs 20:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/1976, p. 627

    5/15/1975, pp. 291-292

    7/15/1964, pp. 427-428

    Awake!,

    6/8/1976, p. 4

  • Publications Index

    w76 627; g76 6/8 4; w75 291-292; w64 428

Proverbs 20:24

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g63 2/22 6

Proverbs 20:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1122

    Awake!,

    2/22/1989, p. 21

    10/8/1983, p. 20

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/1973, p. 607

    2/15/1966, pp. 127-128

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1122; g89 2/22 21;

    g83 10/8 20; w73 607; w66 128

Proverbs 20:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1180

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1961, pp. 566-567

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1180;

    ad 1653; w61 567

Proverbs 20:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 196

    1970 Yearbook, p. 71

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/1968, pp. 639-640

    8/15/1963, pp. 502-503

  • Publications Index

    it-2 196;

    ad 1024; yb70 71; w68 639; w63 502

Proverbs 20:29

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 995

    The Watchtower,

    3/15/1993, pp. 27-30

    11/1/1986, p. 16

    12/1/1978, p. 19

    8/1/1962, pp. 465-466

  • Publications Index

    it-1 995; w93 3/15 27-30; w86 11/1 16;

    w78 12/1 19; w62 466

Proverbs 20:30

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 272

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1980, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    it-1 272;

    w80 2/15 27; ad 203

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Proverbs 20:1-30

Proverbs

20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

6 Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

7 A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

11 Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

13 Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

14 It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

15 There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

18 Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.

19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

24 A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

25 It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

26 A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing -wheel over them.

27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.

28 Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.

29 The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

30 Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.

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