Proverbs 20 brings further sayings of Solomon’s wisdom: Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise… the righteous man leads a blameless life… who can say, I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin?… even a child is known by his actions… a gossip betrays confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much!… if a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness… the lamp of the Lord searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being… the glory of young men is their strength, grey hair the splendour of the old.
