2. To worry yourself to death with resentmentwould be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
3. I have seen fools who looked secure,but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.
4. Their children can never find safety;no one stands up to defend them in court.
5. Hungry people will eat the fool's crops —even the grain growing among thorns —and thirsty people will envy his wealth.
6. Evil does not grow in the soil,nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
7. No indeed! People bring trouble on themselves,as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
8. If I were you, I would turn to Godand present my case to him.
9. We cannot understand the great things he does,and to his miracles there is no end.
10. He sends rain on the landand he waters the fields.