Proverbs 20:12-26

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 have bread in plenty.

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

¹⁵There is gold, and a multitude 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 an alien woman.

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

¹⁸Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on 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 estate may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

²²Say not thou: 'I will requite evil'; wait for the LORD, and He will 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 look to his way?

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

²⁶A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them.