New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 12:24-27 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

24. Hands that work hard will rule. But people who don't want to work will become slaves.

25. Worry makes a man's heart heavy. But a kind word cheers him up.

26. Godly people are careful about the friends they choose. But the way of sinners leads them down the wrong path.

27. Anyone who refuses to work doesn't even cook what he catches. But a man who works hard values what he has.