When a man turns to the left or to the right according to the words of his neighbors, we say he has ¡°thin ears.¡± He will act like that in everything he does, so he cannot reap good fruits. But a wise person is prosperous and successful because he relies on God in all his ways and acts in a considerate manner. When his wife, Sarah, asked Abraham to drive out her maidservant, Hagar, and the maidservant¡¯s son, Ishmael, he did not act in a hasty and reckless way just because of what his wife asked nor did he decide according to his own self-centered passion. He just followed the will of God and did everything in a wise manner. That¡¯s why he was successful in everything he did, and he was called the ¡®friend of God¡¯ and the ¡®fountain of blessing.¡¯