Proverbs

³People who are careful about what they say will save their lives, but those who speak without thinking will be destroyed. ⁴Lazy people always want things but never get them. Those who work hard get plenty. ⁵Good people hate lies, but the wicked do evil, shameful things. ⁶Goodness protects honest people, but evil destroys those who love to sin. ⁷Some people pretend they are rich, but they have nothing. Others pretend they are poor, but they are really rich. ⁸The rich might have to pay a ransom to save their lives, but the poor never receive such threats. ⁹The light of those who do right shines brighter and brighter, but the lamp of the wicked becomes darker and darker.