Proverbs 20:4-11

⁴A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: So also he who borrows corn in harvest.

⁵Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water; But a prudent man will draw it out.

⁶A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: But it is hard to find a faithful man.

⁷He that walks blameless in justice, Shall leave his children blessed.

⁸Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, No evil thing can stand before his presence.

⁹Who will boast that he has a pure heart? Or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins?

^9aThe lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, And his eyeballs shall see darkness.

^9bA portion hastily gotten at first Shall not be blessed in the end.

^9cSay not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; But wait on the Lord, that he may help thee.

¹⁰A large and small weight, and diverse measures, Are even both of them unclean before the Lord; And so is he that makes them.

¹¹A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, And then his way will be straight.