• • • A Guide to Journaling & Prayer
    • A Guide to Self-Reflection
    • A chart to help articulate feelings

¹⁹ Truthful lips endure forever,

but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,

but those who plan peace have joy.

²¹ No ill befalls the righteous,

but the wicked are filled with trouble.

²² Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,

but those who act faithfully are his delight.

²³ A prudent man conceals knowledge,

but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent will rule,

while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

²⁵ Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,

but a good word makes him glad.

²⁶ One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,

but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

²⁷ Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,

but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

²⁸ In the path of righteousness is life,

and in its pathway there is no death.

13 ¹ A wise son hears his father’s instruction,

but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

² From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good,

but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

³ Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;

he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,

while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

⁵ The righteous hates falsehood,

but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.

⁶ Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,

but sin overthrows the wicked.

⁷ One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;

another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

⁸ The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,

but a poor man hears no threat.