Proverbs 20:8-23

⁸A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

⁹Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

¹⁰A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.

¹¹Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

¹²A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

¹³Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

¹⁵Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

¹⁶Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

¹⁷Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

¹⁸Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

¹⁹A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

²⁰Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

²¹An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

²²Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

²³An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.