Proverbs 20:3-12 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

3. For a man to cease from strife is esteem, But every fool bursts out.

4. The lazy one does not plough after the autumn; At harvest time he inquires – there is none!

5. Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding draws it up.

6. Most men proclaim each his own kindness, But who finds a trustworthy man?

7. The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

8. A sovereign who sits on the throne of judgment Is scattering all evil with his eyes.

9. Who says, “I have cleansed my heart, I am purged of my sin”?

10. Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה.

11. Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether his work is clear and right.

12. The hearing ear and the seeing eye, יהוה has made both of them.

Proverbs 20