Proverbs

¹WHOEVER LOVES instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating. ²A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of wicked devices He condemns. ³A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall never be moved. ⁴A virtuous and worthy wife [earnest and strong in character] is a crowning joy to her husband, but she who makes him ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. [Prov. 31:23; I Cor. 11:7.] ⁵The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous. ⁶The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them and the innocent ones [thus endangered]. ⁷The wicked are overthrown and are not, but the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall stand.