Proverbs

¹¹Even a child is known by his acts, whether [or not] what he does is pure and right. ¹²The hearing ear and the seeing eye–the Lord has made both of them. ¹³Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread. ¹⁴It is worthless, it is worthless! says the buyer; but when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain]. ¹⁵There is gold, and a multitude of pearls, but the lips of knowledge are a vase of preciousness [the most precious of all]. [Job 28:12, 16-19; Prov. 3:15; 8:11.] ¹⁶[The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners. ¹⁷Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.