Proverbs [Sayings] 20:13-29

¹³Don’t 'ahav ·affectionately love· sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

¹⁵There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

¹⁶Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

¹⁷Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

¹⁸Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

²⁰Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp candle shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

²¹An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

²²Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Adonai , and he will save you.

²³Adonai detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

²⁴A man’s steps are from Adonai ; how then can man understand his way?

²⁵It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

²⁶A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

²⁷The spirit of man is Adonai ’s lamp candle, searching all his innermost parts.

²⁸Cheshed ·Loving-kindness· and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by cheshed ·loving-kindness·.

²⁹The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.