Proverbs 29 The Message (MSG) "If People Can’t See What God Is Doing" 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. 2 - When good people run things, everyone is glad, but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans. 3 - If you love wisdom, you’ll delight your parents, but you’ll destroy their trust if you run with whores. 4 - A leader of good judgment gives stability; an exploiting leader leaves a trail of waste. 5 - A flattering neighbor is up to no good; he’s probably planning to take advantage of you. 6 - Evil people fall into their own traps; good people run the other way, glad to escape. 7 - The good-hearted understand what it’s like to be poor; the hardhearted haven’t the faintest idea. 8 - A gang of cynics can upset a whole city; a group of sages can calm everyone down. 9 - A sage trying to work things out with a fool gets only scorn and sarcasm for his trouble. 10 - Murderers hate honest people; moral folks encourage them. 11 - A fool lets it all hang out; a sage quietly mulls it over. 12 - When a leader listens to malicious gossip, all the workers get infected with evil. 13 - The poor and their abusers have at least something in common: they can both see—their sight, God’s gift! 14 - Leadership gains authority and respect when the voiceless poor are treated fairly. 15 - Wise discipline imparts wisdom; spoiled adolescents embarrass their parents. 16 - When degenerates take charge, crime runs wild, but the righteous will eventually observe their collapse. 17 - Discipline your children; you’ll be glad you did— they’ll turn out delightful to live with. 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. 19 - It takes more than talk to keep workers in line; mere words go in one ear and out the other. 20 - Observe the people who always talk before they think— even simpletons are better off than they are. 21 - If you let people treat you like a doormat, you’ll be quite forgotten in the end. 22 - Angry people stir up a lot of discord; the intemperate stir up trouble. 23 - Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors. 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. 25 - The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that. 26 - Everyone tries to get help from the leader, but only God will give us justice. 27 - Good people can’t stand the sight of deliberate evil; the wicked can’t stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:13:25 +0000
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