Proverbs 20:2–12

2  The terror of a king is like bthe growling of a lion;

whoever provokes him to anger cforfeits his life.

3  It is an honor for a man to dkeep aloof from strife,

but every fool will be quarreling.

4  eThe sluggard does not plow in the autumn;

fhe will seek at harvest and have nothing.

5  The purpose in a man’s heart is like gdeep water,

but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6  Many a man hproclaims his own steadfast love,

but ia faithful man who can find?

7  The righteous who jwalks in his integrity—

kblessed are his children after him!

8  lA king who sits on the throne of judgment

mwinnows all evil with his eyes.

9  nWho can say, “I have made my heart pure;

I am clean from my sin”?

10  oUnequal2 weights and unequal measures

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

11  Even a child pmakes himself known by his acts,

by whether his conduct is pure and upright.3

12  qThe hearing ear and the seeing eye,

rthe Lord has made them both.