Proverbs 20:18-30

¹⁸Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre.

¹⁹He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

²⁰He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

²¹An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

²²Say not thou, I wil recompense euill: but waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee.

²³Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

²⁴The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

²⁵It is a destruction for a man to deuoure that which is sanctified, and after the vowes to inquire.

²⁶A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them.

²⁷The light of the Lord is the breath of man, and searcheth all the bowels of the belly.

²⁸Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shall be established with mercie.

²⁹The beautie of yong men is their strength, and the glory of the aged is the gray head.

³⁰The blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euill, and the stripes within the bowels of the belly.