Proverbs 15:24-26

Revised Standard Version

²⁴ The wise man’s path leads upward to life,
    that he may avoid Sheol beneath.
²⁵ The Lord tears down the house of the proud,
    but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
²⁶ The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,
    the words of the pure are pleasing to him.^[a]