PROVERBS 20:11-30

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

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

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

¹⁴It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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

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

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

¹⁸Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war,

¹⁹He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

²⁰Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

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

²²Say not thou, I will recompense evil: wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

²³Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

²⁴A man’s goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

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

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

²⁷The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the innermost parts of the belly.

²⁸Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

²⁹The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

³⁰Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: and strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly.