Proverbs 20:5-28

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.

¹⁶Take his garment who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.

¹⁷The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

¹⁸Purposes are established by counsel; Therefore with good advice make war.

¹⁹He who goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore associate not with him who keepeth open his lips.

²⁰Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in midnight darkness.

²¹A possession may be gotten hastily in the beginning, But in the end it will not be blessed.

²²Say not thou, “I will repay evil;” Wait on the LORD, and he will help thee.

²³Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false balance is not good.

²⁴A man's steps are from the LORD; How, then, can a man understand his way?

²⁵It is a snare to a man to utter a vow rashly, And after vows to consider.

²⁶A wise king scattereth the wicked like chaff, And bringeth over them the wheel.

²⁷The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Which searcheth all the inner chambers of his body.

²⁸Mercy and truth preserve the king; Yea, his throne is upholden by mercy.