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

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

²⁴ A man who has friends must show himself friendly,
    and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

¹⁷ He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
    and He will repay what he has given.

²¹ There are many plans in a man’s heart,
    nevertheless the counsel of the Lord will stand.

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

²² Do not say, “I will recompense evil”;
    but wait on the Lord, and He will save you.

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

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

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