PROVERBS CHAPTER 13.
V. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth, he is always ready to discourse on what he wants and ought to have, and hath nothing, he has no success, because he is too lazy to work for it; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat, as a result of their industry they possess in abundance what they need.
V. 5. A righteous man hateth lying, deceitful language as well as deceitful matters; but a wicked man is loathsome, all his acts being done in baseness, and cometh to shame, literally, “maketh offensive,” he brings disgrace upon every one with whom he comes in contact.
V. 6. Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way, protecting those whose conduct is straightforward, being itself a gift of the Lord; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner, since his sin becomes a snare to his feet, and plunges him into destruction