Proverbs

²⁶The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on. ²⁷A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire. ²⁸A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. [Prov. 17:9.] ²⁹The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good. ³⁰He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass. ³¹The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). [Prov. 20:29.] ³²He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city.