Proverbs [Sayings] 15:24-28

²⁴The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol ·Place of the dead·.

²⁵Adonai will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

²⁶Adonai detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

²⁷He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

²⁸The heart of the upright weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.