The deity Khema utters a series of verses in praise of good deeds. The Buddha responds with a simile for someone who departs the path of the good.Standing to one side, the god Khema recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence: “Foolish and unintelligent people treat themselves like an enemy. They do bad deeds with bitter fruit. It’s not good to do a deed after which you will regret. you experience the result weeping, with a tearful face. It’s good to do a deed after which you’ll not regret. you experience the result joyful, with a happy mind.” “As a precaution, you should do what you know is for your own welfare. A thinker, a wise one would not proceed thinking like the cart driver. Suppose a cart driver leaves the highway, so even and well compacted. They enter upon a rough road, and fret when their axle breaks. So too, an idiot departs the good to follow what’s against the good. Fallen in the jaws of death, they fret like their axle’s broken.”