1. God hates cheating in the marketplace;he loves it when business is aboveboard.
2. The stuck-up fall flat on their faces,but down-to-earth people stand firm.
3. The integrity of the honest keeps them on track;the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.
4. A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart,but a principled life can stand up to the worst.
5. Moral character makes for smooth traveling;an evil life is a hard life.
6. Good character is the best insurance;crooks get trapped in their sinful lust.
7. When the wicked die, that’s it—the story’s over, end of hope.
8. A good person is saved from much trouble;a bad person runs straight into it.
9. The loose tongue of the godless spreads destruction;the common sense of the godly preserves them.
10. When it goes well for good people, the whole town cheers;when it goes badly for bad people, the town celebrates.
11. When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes;evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.
12. Mean-spirited slander is heartless;quiet discretion accompanies good sense.