Proverbs 20:15-24

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

¹⁶Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

¹⁷Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

¹⁸Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

²⁰Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

²¹An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.

²²Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

²³Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

²⁴A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?