Proverbs 19-21

Some more gems:

I like this one....it's a powerful reminder of our responsibility and purpose to look after the poor.

Chapter 19
17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.

Some verses on motives:

Chapter 19
21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

Chapter 20
5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. 6 Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?

9 Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"?

23 The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him. 24 A man's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way? ........
27 The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being.

Chapter 21
1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. 2 All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. 3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.