3 To do what is right and justis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart –the unploughed field of the wicked – produce sin.
5 The plans of the diligent lead to profitas surely as haste leads to poverty.
6 A fortune made by a lying tongueis a fleeting vapour and a deadly snare.
7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,for they refuse to do what is right.
8 The way of the guilty is devious,but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roofthan share a house with a quarrelsome wife.