20. Those who curse father or mother—their lamp will go out in the dead of night.
21. Possessions greedily guarded at the outsetwill not be blessed in the end.
22. Do not say, “I will repay evil!”Wait for the Lord, who will help you.
23. Varying weights are an abomination to the Lord,and false scales are not good.
24. Our steps are from the Lord;how, then, can mortals understand their way?
25. It is a trap to pledge rashly a sacred gift,and after a vow, then to reflect.
26. A wise king winnows the wicked,and threshes them under the cartwheel.
27. A lamp from the Lord is human life-breath;it searches through the inmost being.
28. His steadfast loyalty safeguards the king,and he upholds his throne by justice.
29. The glory of the young is their strength,and the dignity of the old is gray hair.
30. Evil is cleansed away by bloody lashes,and a scourging to the inmost being.