Proverbs 15:19-24

¹⁹Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

²⁰A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

²¹Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

²²Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

²³A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

²⁴Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.