Proverbs

²A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. ³To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. ⁴Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin. ⁵The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. ⁶A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. ⁷The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right. ⁸The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.