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Proverbs 20:10-25

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10Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct.
11Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether ◄what they do/their behavior► is honest and right or not.
12Two of the things that Yahweh has created for us are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.
13If you want to sleep all the time, you will become poor; if you stay awake and work, you will have plenty of food.
14People look at things that they are about to buy, and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they say, “◄It is no good/It is poor quality►,” but after they buy it, they go and boast about having bought it for a cheap price.
15Gold and precious stones are valuable, but wise words MTY are more valuable.
16If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it DOU, you deserve to have someone take your coat from you.
17People may think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy eating gravel/sand.
18When people give you good advice, if you do what they suggest, your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.
19Those who go around telling gossip are always telling secrets to others; so stay away from people who foolishly talk too much.
20If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, just like a lamp is extinguished.
21If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it.
22Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh to do something about it, and he will ◄help you/ do what is right►.
23Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.
24Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so ◄how can we ‘understand/know’ what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot ‘understand/know’ what will happen before it happens.► RHQ
25You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.

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