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20.17
PROVERBS
- 17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
- But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
- 18Every purpose is established by counsel;
- And with good advice carry on war.
- 19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets;
- Therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.
- 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
- His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
- 21An estate may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
- But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
- 22Say not thou: 'I will requite evil';
- Wait for the Lord, and He will save thee.
- 23Divers weights are an abomination to the Lord;
- And a false balance is not good.
- 24A man's goings are of the Lord;
- How then can man look to his way?
- 25It is a snare to a man rashly to say: 'Holy',
- And after vows to make inquiry.
- 26A wise king sifteth the wicked,
- And turneth the wheel over them.
- 27The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord,
- Searching all the inward parts.
- 28Mercy and truth preserve the king;
- And his throne is upheld by mercy.
- 29The glory of young men is their strength;
- And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
- 30Sharp wounds cleanse away evil;
- So do stripes that reach the inward parts.
- 21 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the watercourses:
- He turneth it whithersoever He will.
- 2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
- But the Lord weigheth the hearts.
- 3To do righteousness and justice
- Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- 4A haughty look, and a proud heart—
- The tillage of the wicked is sin.
- 5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
- But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
- 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
- Is a vapour driven to and fro; they [that seek them] seek death.
- 7The violence of the wicked shall drag them away;
- Because they refuse to do justly.
- 8The way of man is froward and strange;
- But as for the pure, his work is right.
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