Proverbs Chapter 12 1-9

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is stupid.
A good man obtains favour from the LORD:
but a man of wicked devices is condemned.
A man shall not be established by wickedness:
but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband:
but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness to his bones.
The thoughts of the righteous are right:
but the counsels of the wicked is deceit.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood:
but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wicked are overthrown and are no more:
but the house of the upright shall stand.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom:
but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Better to be a nobody and have a servant,
than to pretend to be somebody and have no food.

Proverbs Chapter 11 25-31

A generous man will prosper;
he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
People curse the man who hoards grain,
but blessings crown him who is willing to sell.
He who seeks good finds goodwill,
but evil comes to him who searches for it.
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall.
but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.
He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and he who wins souls is wise.
If the righteous receive their due on earth,
how much more the ungodly and the sinner!