Proverbs 20:7-17

English Standard Version

⁷ The righteous who ^(A)walks in his integrity—
    ^(B)blessed are his children after him!
^8 (C)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    ^(D)winnows all evil with his eyes.
^9 (E)Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
    I am clean from my sin”?
^10 (F)Unequal^[a] weights and unequal measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
¹¹ Even a child ^(G)makes himself known by his acts,
    by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^[b]
12 (H)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    ^(I)the Lord has made them both.
^13 (J)Love not sleep, lest you ^(K)come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have ^(L)plenty of bread.
¹⁴ “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    but when he goes away, then he boasts.
¹⁵ There is gold and abundance of ^(M)costly stones,
    ^(N)but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
^16 (O)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and ^(P)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^[c]
17 (Q)Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
    but afterward his mouth will be full of ^(R)gravel.