Proverbs 12:1-9

Tree of Life Version

² A good man obtains favor from Adonai,
but He condemns a person with evil schemes.
³ No one is made secure by wickedness,
but a righteous root will not be moved.

⁴ A virtuous wife is her husband’s crown,
but a dishonoring one is like rottenness in his bones.

⁵ The plans of the righteous are just,
but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
⁷ The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
but the household of the righteous will stand.
⁸ A man is praised according to his insight,
but one with a twisted mind is despised.
⁹ Better to have little honor and a servant
than to have glory and no bread.