American Standard Version
Proverbs 20:17-21
17BreadH3899 of falsehoodH8267 is sweetH6156 to a manH376;But afterwards his mouthH6310 shall be filledH4390 with gravelH2687.18Every purposeH6098 is establishedH3559 by counselH6098;And by wiseH8458 guidance makeH6213 thou warH4421.19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secretsH5475;Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lipsH8193.20Whoso curseth his fatherH1 or his motherH517,His lampH5216 shall be put out in blackness of darknessH2822.21An inheritanceH5159may be gotten hastily at the beginning;But the endH319 thereof shall not be blessedH1288.
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