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20.17 :Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
 * But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.


 * Every purpose is established by counsel;
 * And with good advice carry on war.


 * He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets;
 * Therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.


 * Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
 * His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.


 * An estate may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
 * But the end thereof shall not be blessed.


 * Say not thou: 'I will requite evil';
 * Wait for the, and He will save thee.


 * Divers weights are an abomination to the ;
 * And a false balance is not good.


 * A man's goings are of the ;
 * How then can man look to his way?


 * It is a snare to a man rashly to say: 'Holy',
 * And after vows to make inquiry.


 * A wise king sifteth the wicked,
 * And turneth the wheel over them.


 * The spirit of man is the lamp of the ,
 * Searching all the inward parts.


 * Mercy and truth preserve the king;
 * And his throne is upheld by mercy.


 * The glory of young men is their strength;
 * And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.


 * Sharp wounds cleanse away evil;
 * So do stripes that reach the inward parts.


 * The king's heart is in the hand of the, as the watercourses:
 * He turneth it whithersoever He will.


 * Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
 * But the weigheth the hearts.


 * To do righteousness and justice
 * Is more acceptable to the than sacrifice.


 * A haughty look, and a proud heart—
 * The tillage of the wicked is sin.


 * The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
 * But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.


 * The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
 * Is a vapour driven to and fro; they [that seek them] seek death.


 * The violence of the wicked shall drag them away;
 * Because they refuse to do justly.


 * The way of man is froward and strange;
 * But as for the pure, his work is right.