Proverbs 13:18 TPT [18] Poverty and disgrace come to the one who refuses to hear criticism. But the one who is easy to correct is on the path of honor.

“Just be who you are and work hard for a living, for that’s better than pretending to be important and starving to death.”

1. To learn the truth you must long to be teachable, or you can desire correction and remain ignorant. 2. If your heart is right, favor flows from the Lord, but a devious heart invites His condemnation. 3. You can’t expect success by doing what’s wrong. But the lives of His lovers are deeply rooted and firmly planted.

11. The teachings of the lovers of God are like living truth flowing from the fountain of life, but the words of the wicked hide an ulterior motive.

“The fool who brings trouble to his own family will be cut out of the will, and the family servant will do better than he. But a life lived loving God bears lasting fruit, for the one who is truly wise wins souls.”