Proverbs 11 and 12 speak against crooked dealings in business and personal life especially those that are meant to gain wealth. Eventually the crooked dealings will bear bad fruit. Forthrightness and graciousness bear good fruit.

There are also proverbs that encourage generosity. They encourage love of discipline and advice. There are several proverbs concerning lashing out and lying; both are shameful to the Lord.

Colossians 3 encourages us to pursue heavenly things, not earthly ones. Before we had Christ in our lives we pursued many earthly pleasures and ways. These lead us only to disaster. Now that we are in Christ we become like Him. We are to live our lives as Christ lived His in love, holiness, patience and compassion. We are to let Christ’s peace rule our hearts and Christ’s word live in us.

Colossians presents an abbreviated version of the household code found in Ephesians 5.