Proverbs 20:4-25

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

⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

⁶Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

⁷A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

⁸A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

⁹Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

¹⁰Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

¹¹Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

¹²The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

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

¹⁴It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

¹⁵There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

¹⁶Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

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 tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

²⁰Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of 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 for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

²³Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

²⁴A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

²⁵It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.