Proverbs

²⁰Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in complete darkness. ²¹An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed. [Prov. 28:20; Hab. 2:6.] ²²Do not say, I will repay evil; wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue you. [II Sam. 16:12; Rom. 12:17-19; I Thess. 5:15; I Pet. 3:9.] ²³Diverse and deceitful weights are shamefully vile and abhorrent to the Lord, and false scales are not good. ²⁴Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way? ²⁵It is a snare to a man to utter a vow [of consecration] rashly and [not until] afterward inquire [whether he can fulfill it]. ²⁶A wise king winnows out the wicked [from among the good] and brings the threshing wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain].