1. Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God;he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.
2. We justify our actions by appearances;God examines our motives.
3. Clean living before God and justice with our neighborsmean far more to God than religious performance.
4. Arrogance and pride—distinguishing marks in the wicked—are just plain sin.
5. Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run;hurry and scurry puts you further behind.
6. Make it to the top by lying and cheating;get paid with smoke and a promotion—to death!
7. The wicked get buried alive by their lootbecause they refuse to use it to help others.
8. Mixed motives twist life into tangles;pure motives take you straight down the road.
9. Better to live alone in a tumbledown shackthan share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
10. Wicked souls love to make trouble;they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.
11. Simpletons only learn the hard way,but the wise learn by listening.
12. A God-loyal person will see right through the wickedand undo the evil they’ve planned.