020:021 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end. 020:022 Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you. 020:023 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing. 020:024 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way? 020:025 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. 020:026 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them. 020:027 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts. 020:028 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love. 020:029 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair. 020:030 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts. 021:001 The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. 021:002 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts. 021:003 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. 021:004 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 021:005 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. 021:006 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. 021:007 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right. 021:008 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 021:009 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman. 021:010 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. 021:011 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. 021:012 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin. 021:013 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard. 021:014 A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. 021:015 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. 021:016 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead. 021:017 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich. 021:018 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright. 021:019 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman. 021:020 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.