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The Book of Proverbs 29

29 Some people become stubborn when other people correct them,

someone will destroy them instantly and they will not be able to recover.

2 People are joyful when righteous people become numerous,

but people are miserable when wicked people rule over them.

3 People who cherish what is wise make their fathers happy,

but people who have sex with prostitutes waste all their money.

4 Kings make the people in their land succeed by acting justly,

but leaders who take money dishonestly ruin the people in their land.

5 People who flatter people they know are deceptive,

they are like people who try to trap others.

6 Evil people endanger themselves by acting sinfully,

but righteous people sing joyfully and are happy.

7 Righteous people care about the rights of poor people,

but wicked people do not care about them at all.

8 People who mock others agitate people living in a city,

but wise people stop others from being angry.

9 If wise people sue foolish people,

the foolish people will rage and sneer and not resolve anything.

10 Murderers despise people whom Yahweh does not blame for acting wickedly,

but upright people try to protect those people.

11 Stupid people uncontrollably express everything that they feel,

but wise people control how they express what they feel.

12 Leaders who believe the false things that people tell them

have only wicked servants.

13 Poor people and the people who oppress them have at least one thing in common:

Yahweh is the one who caused them to live.

14 Kings who judge poor people according to what is true

will always rule securely.

15 If parents punish and correct their children, doing so can make those children wise;

but if parents let their children do whatever they want to do, then their children will disgrace them.

16 People sin more when wicked people become numerous,

but righteous people will witness Yahweh destroy those wicked people.

17 Discipline your children, so that they will make you feel peaceful

and will delight you.

18 When Yahweh does not reveal anything to his prophets, then people do not control themselves,

but people who obey Yahweh’s laws are happy.

19 You cannot correct servants by only speaking to them

because they will not respond to you, even if they understand what you say.

20 Consider this: it is more likely that what stupid people hope for will occur

than what people who speak thoughtlessly hope for.

21 If you give your servants everything they want when they are young,

then they will eventually be arrogant.

22 People who easily become angry cause people to argue.

Indeed, angry people cause people to sin.

23 Being proud will humiliate proud people;

but people will honor humble people.

24 People who help thieves only hurt themselves;

they hear that Yahweh will curse them for not speaking what is true, but they do not say anything.

25 Being anxious is as dangerous as a trap,

but people who trust Yahweh will be safe.

26 Many people want leaders to help them,

but Yahweh is the only one who does what is just for them.

27 Righteous people detest unjust people,

but wicked people detest people who act uprightly.

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