Proverbs 20:21-27 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

21. The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

22. Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

23. Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

24. The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

25. It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.

27. The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.

Proverbs 20