Proverbs 20:4-24 - ESV - The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he wi...

4 ¹The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; ²he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

5 The purpose in a man's heart is like ³deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6 Many a man ⁴proclaims his own steadfast love, but ⁵a faithful man who can find?

7 The righteous who ⁶walks in his integrity-- ⁷blessed are his children after him!

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

9 ¹⁰Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

10 ¹¹Unequal^a weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child ¹²makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^b

12 ¹³The hearing ear and the seeing eye, ¹⁴the LORD has made them both.

13 ¹⁵Love not sleep, lest you ¹⁶come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have ¹⁷plenty of bread.

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

15 There is gold and abundance of ¹⁸costly stones, ¹⁹but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 ²⁰Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and ²¹hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^c

17 ²²Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of ²³gravel.

18 ²⁴Plans are established by counsel; by ²⁵wise guidance ²⁶wage war.

19 Whoever ²⁷goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with ²⁸a simple babbler.^d

20 ²⁹If one curses his father or his mother, ³⁰his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

21 ³¹An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

22 Do not say, ³²"I will repay evil"; ³³wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

23 ³⁴Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and ³⁵false scales are not good.

24 A man's ³⁶steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

Provérbios 20:4 O preguiçoso não lavra no outono; pelo que mendigará na sega, e nada receberá.

Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 20:4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

Provérbios 20:4 O preguiçoso não ara a terra na estação própria;mas na época da colheita procura, e não acha nada.

Proverbs 20:4-24 ESV