Proverbs 20:9-29 - ESV - Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am c...

9 ¹Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

10 ²Unequal^a weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child ³makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^b

12 ⁴The hearing ear and the seeing eye, ⁵the LORD has made them both.

13 ⁶Love not sleep, lest you ⁷come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have ⁸plenty of bread.

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

15 There is gold and abundance of ⁹costly stones, ¹⁰but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 ¹¹Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and ¹²hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^c

17 ¹³Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of ¹⁴gravel.

18 ¹⁵Plans are established by counsel; by ¹⁶wise guidance ¹⁷wage war.

19 Whoever ¹⁸goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with ¹⁹a simple babbler.^d

20 ²⁰If one curses his father or his mother, ²¹his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

21 ²²An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

22 Do not say, ²³"I will repay evil"; ²⁴wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

23 ²⁵Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and ²⁶false scales are not good.

24 A man's ²⁷steps 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 ²⁸after making vows.

26 A wise king ²⁹winnows the wicked and drives ³⁰the wheel over them.

27 ³¹The spirit^e of man is the lamp of the LORD, ³²searching all ³³his innermost parts.

28 ³⁴Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his ³⁵throne is upheld.

29 The glory of young men is their strength, but ³⁶the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Provérbios 20:9 Quem pode dizer: Purifiquei o meu coração, limpo estou de meu pecado?

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?

Provérbios 20:9 Quem poderá dizer: “Purifiquei o coração;estou livre do meu pecado”?

Proverbs 20:9-29 ESV