⁸ The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
^(A)The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

⁷ “For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.

⁴ “Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the ^(A)just shall live by his faith.

^5 (A)The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.