A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.