Proverbs 20:3-30 - ESV - It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from str...

3 It is an honor for a man to ¹keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

4 ²The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; ³he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

5 The purpose in a man's heart is like ⁴deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6 Many a man ⁵proclaims his own steadfast love, but ⁶a faithful man who can find?

7 The righteous who ⁷walks in his integrity-- ⁸blessed are his children after him!

8 ⁹A king who sits on the throne of judgment ¹⁰winnows all evil with his eyes.

9 ¹¹Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

10 ¹²Unequal^a weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child ¹³makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^b

12 ¹⁴The hearing ear and the seeing eye, ¹⁵the LORD has made them both.

13 ¹⁶Love not sleep, lest you ¹⁷come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have ¹⁸plenty of bread.

14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.

15 There is gold and abundance of ¹⁹costly stones, ²⁰but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 ²¹Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and ²²hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^c

17 ²³Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of ²⁴gravel.

18 ²⁵Plans are established by counsel; by ²⁶wise guidance ²⁷wage war.

19 Whoever ²⁸goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with ²⁹a simple babbler.^d

20 ³⁰If one curses his father or his mother, ³¹his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

21 ³²An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

22 Do not say, ³³"I will repay evil"; ³⁴wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

23 ³⁵Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and ³⁶false scales are not good.

24 A man's ³⁷steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

25 It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only ³⁸after making vows.

26 A wise king ³⁹winnows the wicked and drives ⁴⁰the wheel over them.

27 ⁴¹The spirit^e of man is the lamp of the LORD, ⁴²searching all ⁴³his innermost parts.

28 ⁴⁴Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his ⁴⁵throne is upheld.

29 The glory of young men is their strength, but ⁴⁶the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

30 ⁴⁷Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean ⁴⁸the innermost parts.

Provérbios 20:3 Honroso é para o homem o desviar-se de questões; mas todo insensato se entremete nelas.

Proverbs 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Proverbs 20:3 It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.

Provérbios 20:3 É uma honra dar fim a contendas,mas todos os insensatos envolvem-se nelas.

Proverbs 20:3-30 ESV