er, his lamp shall be put out
in the midst of darkness.

20:21. The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall
be without a blessing.

20:22. Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will
deliver thee.

20:23. Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful
balance is not good.

20:24. The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that
can understand his own way?

20:25. It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to
retract.

20:26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the
wheel.

20:27. The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all
the hidden things of the bowels.

20:28. Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened
by clemency.

20:29. The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old
men, their grey hairs.

20:30. The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the
more inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs Chapter 21

21:1. As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the
hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.

21:2. Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth
the hearts.

21:3. To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

21:4. Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of
the wicked is sin.

21:5. The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but
every sluggard is always in want.

21:6. He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and
foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

21:7. The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they
would not do judgment.

21:8. The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure,
his work is right.

21:9. It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman, and in a common house.

21:10. The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on
his neighbour.

21:11. When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser:
and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.

21:12. The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he
may withdraw the wicked from evil.

21:13. He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also
cry himself, and shall not be heard.

21:14. A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom, the
greatest wrath.

21:15. It i