Proverbs 20:10-20

10 ¹Unequal^[a] weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child ²makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^[b]

12 ³The hearing ear and the seeing eye, ⁴the LORD has made them both.

13 ⁵Love not sleep, lest you ⁶come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have ⁷plenty of bread.

14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.

15 There is gold and abundance of ⁸costly stones, ⁹but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 ¹⁰Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and ¹¹hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^[c]

17 ¹²Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of ¹³gravel.

18 ¹⁴Plans are established by counsel; by ¹⁵wise guidance ¹⁶wage war.

19 Whoever ¹⁷goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with ¹⁸a simple babbler.^[d]

20 ¹⁹If one curses his father or his mother, ²⁰his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 23; See Proverbs 11:1
• 2. [Matthew 7:16]
• 3. Proverbs 15:31; Proverbs 25:12
• 4. Exodus 4:11; Psalms 94:9
• 5. [Proverbs 6:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 31:15; Romans 12:11]
• 6. [ver. 4]
• 7. Proverbs 12:11
• 8. Job 28:18
• 9. [Proverbs 3:14, 15]
• 10. Proverbs 27:13; [Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 22:26]
• 11. See Job 22:6
• 12. [Proverbs 9:17]
• 13. [Lamentations 3:16]
• 14. [Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 15:22]
• 15. Proverbs 24:6
• 16. Luke 14:31
• 17. Proverbs 11:13
• 18. Proverbs 13:3; [Romans 16:18]
• 19. Proverbs 30:11, 17; See Exodus 21:17
• 20. See 2 Samuel 21:17; Job 18:5

Footnotes

• [a]. Or Two kinds of; also verse 23
• [b]. Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright
• [c]. Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)
• [d]. Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips