Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; whoever hates reproof will die.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter my rest.”
And David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him. And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him. But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
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