Proverbs 22:11-16

The Voice

¹¹ Those who love a pure heart and speak with grace
    will find that the king is their friend.
¹² The Eternal keeps a watchful eye on those with knowledge,
    but He subverts the words of the faithless.
¹³ A lazy person says, “A lion! Right outside!
    I will surely die in the streets!
    Yet another good reason to stay in today.”
¹⁴ The alluring words of a seductive woman are a deep hole;
    the Eternal is incensed toward those who fall in.
¹⁵ Foolishness consumes the heart of a child,
    but corporal punishment, properly administered, drives it far away.
¹⁶ If you take advantage of the poor or coddle the rich to get ahead,
    you will end up destitute.