PROV 14:8 "The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is to deceit." You should understand your way. You should know what you are going to do and how, and when you are going to do it.
Verse 12 "There is a way which seems right to a man but the end thereof are the ways of death." In your plans make sure you are going where God wants, and not some other way. Many ways seem good, but the outcomes may be opposing what you wanted.
Verse 15 "The simple believeth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his going." Look well to the way you go and be cautious of your counselors. Every word of counsel should be examined and reexamined. All should match what God says, and be in conformance with his word, and be for the building of God's Kingdom.
Verse 18 "The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge." The simple inherit folly because they have not made any plans. They get whatever Satan brings their way. However, the prudent see their plans accomplished.
Verse 23 "In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty." Plans are good, but if you only talk of them (or just write them) and never work them, they are useless. You have to take action on your plans. You also have to evaluate, reevaluate, and adjust them.
At the end of my life I want to have been one who built up the Kingdom in truth, In word, in deed, and truth in my family, in truth in the church, and in the community. I want to build in work, recreation, education, and health.
