5 The Lord says,“I will condemn thosewho turn away from meand put their trust in human beings,in the strength of mortals.
6 He is like a bush in the desert,which grows in the dry wasteland,on salty ground where nothing else grows.Nothing good ever happens to him.
7 “But I will bless the personwho puts his trust in me.
8 He is like a tree growing near a streamand sending out roots to the water.It is not afraid when hot weather comes,because its leaves stay green;it has no worries when there is no rain;it keeps on bearing fruit.
9 “Who can understand the human heart?There is nothing else so deceitful;it is too sick to be healed.
10 I, the Lord, search the mindsand test the hearts of people.I treat each of them according to the way they live,according to what they do.”
11 The person who gets money dishonestlyis like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay.In the prime of life he will lose his riches,and in the end he is nothing but a fool.