Proverbs 20:4-14

4 The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
5 The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
6 Many proclaim themselves loyal, but who can find one worthy of trust?
7 The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them!
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
10 Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
11 Even children make themselves known by their acts, by whether what they do is pure and right.
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye— the Lord has made them both.
13 Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, then goes away and boasts.
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