Proverbs

²⁷He who diligently seeks good seeks [God's] favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come upon him. ²⁸He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident in his riches shall fall, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like a green bough. ²⁹He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. ³⁰The fruit of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise captures human lives [for God, as a fisher of men–he gathers and receives them for eternity]. [Matt. 4:19; I Cor. 9:19; James 5:20.] ³¹Behold, the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be recompensed on earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner! And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and wicked? [I Pet. 4:18.]