Proverbs

¹To the Lord, a king’s mind is like a ditch used to water the fields. He can lead the king wherever he wants him to go. ²People think that whatever they do is right, but the Lord judges the reasons for everything they do. ³Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices. ⁴Proud looks and proud thoughts are sins. They show a person is evil. ⁵Careful planning leads to profit. Acting too quickly leads to poverty. ⁶Wealth that comes from telling lies disappears quickly and leads to death. ⁷The bad things that evil people do will destroy them, because they refuse to do what is right.