Proverbs 20:16-26

16 Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.
17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
19 He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
21 An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
22 Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
24 The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?
25 It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Some read 'the strange woman,' conforming this passage to ch. 27.13.
  • [b]. Lit. 'the eyeball of:' see ch. 7.9.
  • [c]. Others read 'wrongly acquired.'
  • [d]. See ver. 10.
  • [e]. Geber: see Job 3.3.
  • [f]. Or 'to appropriate to himself a holy thing.'
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