Diligence and Honesty in Commerce

Proverbs 20:13-19

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied with bread.

`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.