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29:1  For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, There’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break, but by then it’ll be too late to help them.
29:2  When good people run things, everyone is glad, but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans.
29:3  If you love wisdom, you’ll delight your parents, but you’ll destroy their trust if you run with prostitutes.
29:4  A leader of good judgment gives stability; an exploiting leader leaves a trail of waste.
29:5  A flattering neighbor is up to no good; he’s probably planning to take advantage of you.
29:6  Evil people fall into their own traps; good people run the other way, glad to escape.
29:7  The good-hearted understand what it’s like to be poor; the hardhearted haven’t the faintest idea.
29:8  A gang of cynics can upset a whole city; a group of sages can calm everyone down.
29:9  A sage trying to work things out with a fool gets only scorn and sarcasm for his trouble.
29:10  Murderers hate honest people; moral folks encourage them.
29:11  A fool lets it all hang out; a sage quietly mulls it over.
29:12  When a leader listens to malicious gossip, all the workers get infected with evil.
29:13  The poor and their abusers have at least something in common: they can both see—their sight, God’s gift!
29:14  Leadership gains authority and respect when the voiceless poor are treated fairly.
29:15  Wise discipline imparts wisdom; spoiled adolescents embarrass their parents.
29:16  When degenerates take charge, crime runs wild, but the righteous will eventually observe their collapse.
29:17  Discipline your children; you’ll be glad you did— they’ll turn out delightful to live with.
29:18  If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.
29:19  It takes more than talk to keep workers in line; mere words go in one ear and out the other.
29:20  Observe the people who always talk before they think— even simpletons are better off than they are.
29:21  If you let people treat you like a doormat, you’ll be quite forgotten in the end.
29:22  Angry people stir up a lot of discord; the intemperate stir up trouble.
29:23  Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.
29:24  Befriend an outlaw and become an enemy to yourself. When the victims cry out, you’ll be included in their curses if you’re a coward to their cause in court.
29:25  The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that.
29:26  Everyone tries to get help from the leader, but only God will give us justice.
29:27  Good people can’t stand the sight of deliberate evil; the wicked can’t stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.