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## Proverbs 20:20-23 in Context (Verses 17–26 KJV)
 
 [17 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/17) Bread of deceit *is* sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.*
 
 [18 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/18) *Every* purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/19) He that goeth about *as* a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.*
 
 [20 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/20) Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.*
 
 [21 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/21) An inheritance *may be* gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/22) Say not thou, I will recompense evil; *but* wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/23) Divers weights *are* an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance *is* not good.*
 
 [24 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/24) Man’s goings *are* of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
 
 [25 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/25) *It is* a snare to the man *who* devoureth *that which is* holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/proverbs/20/26) A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
 
[Proverbs 19](/kjv/proverbs/19) [Proverbs 21](/kjv/proverbs/21)

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