³ The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord trieth the hearts.

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it and is safe.

²⁴ A man that hath friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given, He will repay him again.

²¹ There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

¹² The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

²² Say thou not, “I will recompense evil”; but wait on the Lord, and He shall save thee.

²⁴ Man’s goings are of the Lord; how then can a man understand his own way?

²⁷ The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of his being.

³ To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.