Study Desk

Hope that is delayed makes you sad, but a wish that comes true fills you with joy.

People like a person with good sense, but life is hard for someone who cannot be trusted.

Wise people always think before they do anything, but fools show how stupid they are by what they do.

Disaster will catch up to the wicked messenger, but a runner who can be trusted will bring peace.

People are happy when they get what they want. But stupid people want nothing but evil, and they refuse to change.

Trouble chases sinners wherever they go, but good things happen to good people.

It is good to have something to pass down to your grandchildren. But wealth hidden away by sinners will be given to those who live right.

The poor might have good land that produces plenty of food, but bad decisions can take it away.

Good people will have plenty to eat, but the wicked will go hungry.

A wise woman makes her home what it should be, but the home of a foolish woman is destroyed by her own actions.

Those who live right respect the Lord , but dishonest people hate him.

A barn with no cattle might be clean, but strong bulls are needed for a good harvest.

Anyone who makes fun of wisdom will never find it, but knowledge comes easily to those who understand its value.

Wisdom lets smart people know what they are doing, but stupid people only think they know.

Fines are needed to make fools obey the law, but good people are happy to obey it.

An evil person's house will be destroyed, but a good person's family will do well.

There is a way that people think is right, but it leads only to death.

Laughter might hide your sadness. But when the laughter is gone, the sadness remains.

Fools believe every word they hear, but wise people think carefully about everything.

A quick-tempered person does stupid things, but it is also true that people don't like anyone who quietly plans evil.