Proverbs 20:15-28

¹⁵There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.

¹⁶Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.

¹⁷Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.

¹⁸Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.

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

²⁰Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.

²¹An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,

²²Do not say, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.

²³Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.

²⁴From the Lord are the steps of man ordained; but man— how can he understand his own way?

²⁵It is a snare to a man to sanctify things hastily, and to make inquiry only after having made vows.

²⁶A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel.

²⁷A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body.

²⁸Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne.