The Message

Proverbs 12:8-12 The Message (MSG)

8. A person who talks sense is honored;airheads are held in contempt.

9. Better to be ordinary and work for a livingthan act important and starve in the process.

10. Good people are good to their animals;the “good-hearted” bad people kick and abuse them.

11. The one who stays on the job has food on the table;the witless chase whims and fancies.

12. What the wicked construct finally falls into ruin,while the roots of the righteous give life, and more life.