PROVERBS 20:17-23

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.