Proverbs Chapter 20 consists of 30 verses,
verses 24-30 are listed below:
24.Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25.It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
26.A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27.The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28.Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29.The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
30.The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Reference Information:
belly = baten/beten = heart
candle = ner = lamp, light
devoureth = yala = devote rashly, inconsiderately utter
goings = misade/mitsad = tsaad = steps
make inquiry = lebaqqer = baqar = reconsider, ask, seek
Reference Scriptures:
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.-Numbers 30:2
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.-Deuteronomy 23:21...That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.-Deuteronomy 23:23
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;-Proverbs 1:1
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.-Ecclesiastes 5:2...When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.-Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.-Matthew 1:1...And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;-Matthew 1:6...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,-Luke 3:31...Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38
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