Sowing righteousness will bring a true reward.
Those of blameless ways delight the sovereign Lord.
Those who are trustworthy hold all confidence.
If you would be free, make kindness your defense.
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Wicked ways of living earn no lasting gain.
Telling others’ secrets just makes you a pain.
God above abhors unkind and crooked minds.
Wickedness pursuers should prepare to die.
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Where there is no guidance, there a nation fails.
Calling others names, your senselessness unveils.
Destitution waits for those who will not give.
Cruelty will harm you, if it’s how you live.
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Safety’s found where words of counsellors are heard.
Listening in silence shows intelligence.
Pushing gets you rich, but, that could be absurd;
when by grace there’s honor, which makes much more sense.
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Photo: by Dương Trí on Unsplash
Source: Proverbs 11:12-21
Text: © David Alexander, 2021
Tune: Au Clare de la Lune, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2017/Score/JesusHandsWereKind-AuClaire-Chords.pdf
Audio:www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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