Proverbs 20:6-30 - ESV - Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, bu...

6 Many a man ¹proclaims his own steadfast love, but ²a faithful man who can find?

7 The righteous who ³walks in his integrity-- ⁴blessed are his children after him!

8 ⁵A king who sits on the throne of judgment ⁶winnows all evil with his eyes.

9 ⁷Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

10 ⁸Unequal^a weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child ⁹makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^b

12 ¹⁰The hearing ear and the seeing eye, ¹¹the LORD has made them both.

13 ¹²Love not sleep, lest you ¹³come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have ¹⁴plenty of bread.

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

15 There is gold and abundance of ¹⁵costly stones, ¹⁶but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 ¹⁷Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and ¹⁸hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^c

17 ¹⁹Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of ²⁰gravel.

18 ²¹Plans are established by counsel; by ²²wise guidance ²³wage war.

19 Whoever ²⁴goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with ²⁵a simple babbler.^d

20 ²⁶If one curses his father or his mother, ²⁷his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

21 ²⁸An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

22 Do not say, ²⁹"I will repay evil"; ³⁰wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

23 ³¹Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and ³²false scales are not good.

24 A man's ³³steps 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 ³⁴after making vows.

26 A wise king ³⁵winnows the wicked and drives ³⁶the wheel over them.

27 ³⁷The spirit^e of man is the lamp of the LORD, ³⁸searching all ³⁹his innermost parts.

28 ⁴⁰Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his ⁴¹throne is upheld.

29 The glory of young men is their strength, but ⁴²the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

30 ⁴³Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean ⁴⁴the innermost parts.

Provérbios 20:6 Muitos há que proclamam a sua própria bondade; mas o homem fiel, quem o achará?

Proverbs 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 20:6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

Provérbios 20:6 Muitos se dizem amigos leais;mas um homem fiel, quem poderá achar?

Proverbs 20:6-30 ESV