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UST PRO Chapter 20

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20 People who drink too much alcohol ridicule and fight others;

all people who cannot walk properly because they drank too much alcohol are very foolish.

2 When kings are terrifyingly angry, they frighten people like the roaring of young lions frightens people;

people who make kings angry cause themselves to die.

3 It is honorable to cease arguing with other people,

but all foolish people are eager to argue with others.

4 Lazy farmers do not plow their fields when they should,

so when it is time to harvest crops, he looks for crops in his fields, but there are none.

5 Discerning what people are thinking about advising others is as difficult as drawing water out of a deep well,

but understanding people are able to do so.

6 Many people claim to be faithful,

but very few people act faithfully!

7 Righteous people behave honestly

God will bless their children.

8 Ideally, kings who sit on their thrones in order to judge people

discern anything that is evil and remove it from their lands.

9 No one can truthfully say, “I do not think sinfully anymore; I do not sin anymore.”

10 Yahweh detests people dishonestly using differing weights and measurements to benefit themselves.

11 Even young people show people who they are by what they do;

how they act shows whether they are innocent and right.

12 Yahweh has made both ears with which to hear and eyes with which to see.

13 If you sleep a lot, you will become poor;

but if you stay awake and work, you will have plenty of food.

14 Buyers claim that something is not good at all when they are bargaining with you about its price.

But after they buy it, they go and boast to their friends about the good price they bought it for.

15 Gold and precious jewels are plentiful,

but the knowledgeable things that people say are extremely precious.

16 Take the coats of people who promise to pay a loan for someone whom they do not know.

Indeed, hold onto the coats of people who do so for a foreigner.

17 Food people get by deceiving others may taste sweet to them,

but what eventually happens to them will be as unpleasant as having a mouth full of stones.

18 What people plan succeeds when others advise them,

so let others advise you before you start fighting a war.

19 People who walk around gossiping tell others what is secret,

so avoid people who speak carelessly.

20 People who curse their parents

will die like an oil lamp that stops burning oil in a totally dark place.

21 What people inherit hastily before the proper time

will ultimately not result in Yahweh blessing them.

22 Do not say that you will harm someone who has harmed you.

Rather, wait for Yahweh to resolve the matter, so that he may vindicate you.

23 Yahweh detests people dishonestly using differing weights to benefit themselves.

Indeed, using weighing instruments in order to deceive others is very bad.

24 Yahweh directs what happens to powerful people.

So then, people surely cannot comprehend what will happen to them!

25 It is dangerous for people to declare thoughtlessly that something is holy to Yahweh,

and then think about what they have done after they have done so.

26 Wise kings remove wicked people from their lands,

and they punish them like farmers crush grain under a threshing wheel.

27 People’s spirits are like lamps that Yahweh has given them;

they help people discern everything that deeply affects them.

28 Being faithful and trustworthy makes kings safe.

Indeed, being faithful enables them to rule securely.

29 People admire young men because they are strong,

but people admire old men because they are wise.

30 Severely beating people may stop them from acting evilly,

and hitting people may change what deeply affects them.

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