Proverbs 20:23-30

²³Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct.

²⁴Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so ◄how can we ‘understand/know’ what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot ‘understand/know’ what will happen before it happens.► RHQ

²⁵You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it.

²⁶Wise kings find out MET which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely IDM.

²⁷Our consciences are like lamps that Yahweh has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking MET; they reveal what is hidden deep in our ◄minds/inner beings►.

²⁸Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.

²⁹We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect MTY old people more because they are wise.

³⁰When we are beaten or whipped, it can cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us by punishing us, it can cause our behavior to become good.