Proverbs 29

1A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.

2When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn.

3When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.

4A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys [it].

5He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.

6A great snare [is spread] for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.

7A righteous man knows how to judge for the poor: but the ungodly understands not knowledge; and the poor man has not an understanding mind.

8Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath.

9A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not.

10Bloody men hate a holy [person], but the upright will seek his soul.

11A fool utters all his mind: but the wise reserves his in part.

12When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.

13When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both.

14When a king judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.

15Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.

16When the ungodly abound, sins abound: but when they fall, the righteous are warned.

17Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest; and he shall give honour to thy soul.

18There shall be no interpreter to a sinful nation: but he that observes the law is blessed.

19A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understand, still he will not obey.

20If thou see a man hasty in [his] words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.

21He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself.

22A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.

23Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour.

24He that shares with a thief, hates his own soul: and if any having heard an oath uttered tell not of it,

25[they] fearing and reverencing men [unreasonably] have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in his master shall be safe.

26Many wait on the favour of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord.

27A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner.