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The Book of Proverbs 29

29 Some people remain stubborn even though other people often correct them;

but someday something will destroy them quickly, and they will not be able to recover.

2 People are joyful when righteous people become influential,

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 others

are really just preparing to exploit them in some way

6 Evil people endanger themselves by acting sinfully,

but righteous people sing joyfully and are happy.

7 Righteous people know that they should treat poor people justly,

but wicked people do not even understand that they should know this.

8 People who mock others agitate people throughout a city,

but wise people enable others to remain calm.

9 If wise people dispute with foolish people,

the foolish people will become angry and sneer and not resolve anything.

10 Murderers despise people who always try to do what is right,

but righteous people try to protect them.

11 Foolish 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 causes both of 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 rule over them,

but someday Yahweh will destroy those wicked people, and righteous people will see it happen.

17 If you discipline your children, then you will no longer feel worried about their behavior

and they will make you very happy.

18 When the people of a nation do not have messages from Yahweh through his prophets, then they 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 do what you say even though they understand what you say.

20 Consider this: Foolish people are more likely to do well in life

than people who speak thoughtlessly.

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 many people to sin.

23 People will humiliate proud people for being proud,

but people will honor those who are humble.

24 People who take a share of a thief’s spoils greatly endanger themselves;

They hear that Yahweh will curse them for not testifying to what they know, but they do not say anything about the crime.

25 Being anxious is as dangerous as walking into a trap,

but Yahweh will protect people who trust in him.

26 Many people want leaders to help them,

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

27 Righteous people detest unjust people,

and wicked people detest people who do the right thing.

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