Proverbs 20:20-30

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.
27 Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy.
29 The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
30 Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.

Footnotes 7

  • [a]. Lit. 'the eyeball of:' see ch. 7.9.
  • [b]. Others read 'wrongly acquired.'
  • [c]. See ver. 10.
  • [d]. Geber: see Job 3.3.
  • [e]. Or 'to appropriate to himself a holy thing.'
  • [f]. Or 'kindness,' 'bounty;' chesed, and so ch. 21.21.
  • [g]. As ch. 18.8.
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