Proverbs

⁶You might call many people your “friends,” but it is hard to find someone who can really be trusted. ⁷When people live good, honest lives, their children are blessed. ⁸When the king sits and judges people, he must look carefully to separate the evil from the good. ⁹Can anyone say their heart is pure? Who can say, “I am free from sin”? ¹⁰The Lord hates for people to use the wrong weights and measures to cheat others. ¹¹Even children show what they are like by the things they do. You can see if their actions are pure and right. ¹²It was the Lord who gave us eyes for seeing and ears for hearing.