Proverbs 28

1 It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast. 2 There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. 3 Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers. 4 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 5 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. 6 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips. 7 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. 8 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. 9 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee. 10 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good. 11 The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way? 12 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract. 13 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel. 14 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels. 15 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. 16 The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs. 17 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly. 19 As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it. 20 Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts. 21 To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. 22 Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin. 23 The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want. 24 He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. 25 The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment. 26 The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right. 27 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. 28 The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour.