Proverbs

²¹He who despises his neighbor sins [against God, his fellowman, and himself], but happy (blessed and fortunate) is he who is kind and merciful to the poor. ²²Do they not err who devise evil and wander from the way of life? But loving-kindness and mercy, loyalty and faithfulness, shall be to those who devise good. ²³In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty. ²⁴The crown of the wise is their wealth of Wisdom, but the foolishness of [self-confident] fools is [nothing but] folly. ²⁵A truthful witness saves lives, but a deceitful witness speaks lies [and endangers lives]. ²⁶In the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children shall always have a place of refuge. ²⁷Reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. [John 4:10, 14.]