20:16 Take a man’s 1 garment 2 when he has given security for a stranger, 3
and when he gives surety for strangers, 4 hold him 5 in pledge.
20:17 Bread gained by deceit 6 tastes sweet to a person, 7
but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. 8
20:18 Plans 9 are established by counsel,
so 10 make war 11 with guidance.
20:19 The one who goes about gossiping 12 reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate 13 with someone who is always opening his mouth. 14
20:20 The one who curses 15 his father and his mother,
his lamp 16 will be extinguished in the blackest 17 darkness.
20:21 An inheritance gained easily 18 in the beginning
will not be blessed 19 in the end. 20
20:22 Do not say, 21 “I will pay back 22 evil!”
Wait 23 for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you. 24
20:23 The Lord abhors 25 differing weights,
and dishonest scales are wicked. 26
20:24 The steps of a person 27 are ordained by 28 the Lord –
so how can anyone 29 understand his own 30 way?
20:25 It is a snare 31 for a person 32 to rashly cry, 33 “Holy!”
and only afterward to consider 34 what he has vowed. 35
20:26 A wise king separates out 36 the wicked;
he turns the threshing wheel over them. 37
20:27 The human spirit 38 is like 39 the lamp 40 of the Lord,
searching all his innermost parts. 41
20:28 Loyal love and truth 42 preserve a king,
and his throne is upheld by loyal love. 43
20:29 The glory 44 of young men is their strength,
and the splendor 45 of old men is gray hair. 46
20:30 Beatings and wounds cleanse away 47 evil,
and floggings cleanse 48 the innermost being. 49