Proverbs 20:3-15

³It is an honor to a man to cease from strife; Bur every fool rusheth into it.

⁴The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

⁵A design in the heart of a man is like deep waters; But a man of understanding draweth it out.

⁶Many will proclaim their own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

⁷He who walketh in his integrity is a righteous man; Happy will be his children after him!

⁸The king, sitting upon the throne of judgment, Scattereth with his eyes all the wicked like chaff.

⁹Who can say, “I have kept my heart clean; I am free from my sin?”

¹⁰Divers weights and divers measures,—Both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

¹¹Even in childhood one maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his actions will be pure and right.

¹²The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth,—The LORD made them both.

¹³Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴“Bad! bad!” saith the buyer; But when he hath gone his way, then he boasteth.

¹⁵There is gold and abundance of pearls; But the lips of knowledge are a precious vase.