The righteous lead blameless lives;(A)
    blessed are their children after them.(B)

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The righteous who (A)walks in his integrity—
    (B)blessed are his children after him!

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10 Differing weights and differing measures—
    the Lord detests them both.(A)

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10 (A)Unequal[a] weights and unequal measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23

14 “It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer—
    then goes off and boasts about the purchase.

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

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17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,(A)
    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.(B)

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17 (A)Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
    but afterward his mouth will be full of (B)gravel.

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25 It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
    and only later to consider one’s vows.(A)

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25 It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”
    and to reflect only (A)after making vows.

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