^3 (A)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    ^(B)and the Lord tests hearts.

^10 (A)The name of the Lord is ^(B)a strong tower;
    the righteous man runs into it and ^(C)is safe.

²⁴ A man of many companions may come to ruin,
    but ^(A)there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

^17 (A)Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and he ^(B)will repay him for his ^(C)deed.

^21 (A)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but ^(B)it is the purpose of the Lord ^(C)that will stand.

^12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    ^(B)the Lord has made them both.

²² Do not say, ^(A)“I will repay evil”;
    ^(B)wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

²⁴ A man's ^(A)steps are from the Lord;
    how then can man understand his way?

^27 (A)The spirit^[a] of man is the lamp of the Lord,
    ^(B)searching all ^(C)his innermost parts.