10 (A)Unequal[a] weights and unequal measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
11 Even a child (B)makes himself known by his acts,
    by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[b]
12 (C)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    (D)the Lord has made them both.
13 (E)Love not sleep, lest you (F)come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have (G)plenty of bread.
14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    but when he goes away, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of (H)costly stones,
    (I)but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 (J)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and (K)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[c]
17 (L)Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
    but afterward his mouth will be full of (M)gravel.
18 (N)Plans are established by counsel;
    by (O)wise guidance (P)wage war.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23
  2. Proverbs 20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright
  3. Proverbs 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)

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