Proverbs

¹⁰You say, “I need a rest. I think I’ll take a short nap.” ¹¹But then you sleep and sleep and become poorer and poorer. Soon you will have nothing. It will be as if a thief came and stole everything you owned. ¹²Some people are just troublemakers. They are always thinking up some crooked plan and telling lies. ¹³They use secret signals to cheat people; they wink their eyes, shuffle their feet, and point a finger. ¹⁴They are always planning to do something bad. ¹⁵But they will be punished. Disaster will strike, and they will be destroyed. There will be no one to help them. ¹⁶The Lord hates these seven things: