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The good man is covered with blessings from head to foot, but an evil man inwardly curses his luck.[a]

We all have happy memories of good men gone to their reward, but the names of wicked men stink after them.

The wise man is glad to be instructed, but a self-sufficient fool falls flat on his face.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 an evil man inwardly curses his luck, literally, “but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.”

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