Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. | Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. |
Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest. | Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. |
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We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps. | The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. |
How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver! | How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the Lord will be joyful. | Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. |
Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. | Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends. | A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city. | Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. |