20:1 酒能使人亵慢，浓酒使人喧囔。凡因酒错误的，就无智慧。
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
20:2 王的威吓，如同狮子吼叫。惹动他怒的，是自害己命。
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
20:3 远离纷争，是人的尊荣。愚妄人都爱争闹。
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
20:4 懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种。到收割的时候，他必讨饭，而无所得。
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
20:5 人心怀藏谋略，好像深水。惟明哲人，才能汲引出来。
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20:6 人多述说自己的仁慈。但忠信人谁能遇着呢。
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
20:7 行为纯正的义人，他的子孙，是有福的。
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
20:8 王坐在审判的位上，以眼目驱散诸恶。
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
20:9 谁能说，我洁净了我的心。我脱净了我的罪。
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
20:10 两样的法码，两样的升斗，都为耶和华所憎恶。
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
20:11 孩童的动作，是清洁，是正直，都显明他的本性。
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
20:12 能听的耳，能看的眼，都是耶和华所造的。
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
20:13 不要贪睡，免致贫穷。眼要睁开，你就吃饱。
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:14 买物的说，不好，不好。及至买去，他便自夸。
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
20:15 有金子，和许多珍珠。（或作红宝石）惟有知识的嘴，乃为贵重的珍宝。
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
20:16 谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服。谁为外人作保，谁就要承当。
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
20:17 以虚谎而得的食物，人觉甘甜。但后来他的口，必充满尘沙。
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
20:18 计谋都凭筹算立定。打仗要凭智谋。
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
20:19 往来传舌的，泄漏密事。大张嘴的不可与他结交。
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20:20 咒骂父母的，他的灯必灭，变为漆黑的黑暗。
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
20:21 起初速得的产业，终久却不为福。
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
20:22 你不要说，我要以恶报恶。要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
20:23 两样的法码，为耶和华所憎恶。诡诈的天平，也为不善。
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
20:24 人的脚步，为耶和华所定。人岂能明白自己的路呢。
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
20:25 人冒失说，这是圣物，许愿之后才查问，就是自陷网罗。
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
20:26 智慧的王，簸散恶人，用碌碡辊轧他们。
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
20:27 人的灵是耶和华的灯，鉴察人的心腹。
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
20:28 王因仁慈和诚实，得以保全他的国位，也因仁慈立稳。
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
20:29 强壮乃少年人的荣耀。白发为老年人的尊荣。
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
20:30 鞭伤除净人的罪恶。责打能入人的心腹。
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
