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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 20, Verse 21

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20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
King James Version
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
American Standard Version
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
New English Translation
An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
World English Bible
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23
Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
24
Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25
[It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27
The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29
The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
30
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.