Proverbs 20:6-25

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 divers 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.

¹²The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work.

¹³Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread.

²³A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.

²⁴A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?

²⁵It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case repentance comes after vowing.