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Proverbs 20:11-21
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11
Even children are known by their behavior; their actions show if they are innocent and good.
12
The Lord has made both these things: ears to hear and eyes to see.
13
If you love to sleep, you will be poor. If you stay awake, you will have plenty of food.
14
Buyers say, "This is bad. It's no good." Then they go away and brag about what they bought.
15
There is gold and plenty of rubies, but only a few people speak with knowledge.
16
Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger's debts, and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.
17
Stolen food may taste sweet at first, but later it will feel like a mouth full of gravel.
18
Get advice if you want your plans to work. If you go to war, get the advice of others.
19
Gossips can't keep secrets, so avoid people who talk too much.
20
Those who curse their father or mother will be like a light going out in darkness.
21
Wealth inherited quickly in the beginning will do you no good in the end.
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Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.