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Proverbs
29
- One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
- When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
but to keep company with prostitutes is to squander one’s substance.
- By justice a king gives stability to the land,
but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.
- Whoever flatters a neighbor
is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.
- In the transgression of the evil there is a snare,
but the righteous sing and rejoice.
- The righteous know the rights of the poor;
the wicked have no such understanding.
- Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
- If the wise go to law with fools,
there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
- The bloodthirsty hate the blameless,
and they seek the life of the upright.
- A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back.
- If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
- The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
- If a king judges the poor with equity,
his throne will be established forever.
- The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.
- When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases,
but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
- Discipline your children, and they will give you rest,
they will give delight to your heart.
- Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint,
but happy are those who keep the law.
- By mere words servants are not disciplined,
for though they understand, they will not give heed.
- Do you see someone who is hasty in speech?
There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
- A slave pampered from childhood
will come to a bad end.
- One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.
- A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- To be a partner of a thief is to hate one’s own life;
one hears the victim’s curse but discloses nothing.
- The fear of others lays a snare
but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.
- Many seek the favor of a ruler,
but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.
- The unjust are an abomination to the righteous,
but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.
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