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¹⁶ Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
   seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
¹⁷ Bread gained by deceit is sweet,
   but afterwards the mouth will be full of gravel.
¹⁸ Plans are established by taking advice;
   wage war by following wise guidance.
¹⁹ A gossip reveals secrets;
   therefore do not associate with a babbler.
²⁰ If you curse father or mother,
   your lamp will go out in utter darkness.
²¹ An estate quickly acquired in the beginning
   will not be blessed in the end.
²² Do not say, ‘I will repay evil’;
   wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
²³ Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
   and false scales are not good.
²⁴ All our steps are ordered by the Lord;
   how then can we understand our own ways?
²⁵ It is a snare for one to say rashly, ‘It is holy’,
   and begin to reflect only after making a vow.
²⁶ A wise king winnows the wicked,
   and drives the wheel over them.
²⁷ The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
   searching every inmost part.
²⁸ Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king,
   and his throne is upheld by righteousness.^*
29 The glory of youths is their strength,
   but the beauty of the aged is their grey hair.
³⁰ Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
   beatings make clean the innermost parts.