2. A person may think their own ways are right,but the Lord weighs the heart.
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.