22
One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers - their trusted defenses fell to pieces!
23
Watch your words and hold your tongue; you'll save yourself a lot of grief.
24
You know their names - Brash, Impudent, Blasphemer - intemperate hotheads, every one.
25
Lazy people finally die of hunger because they won't get up and go to work.
26
Sinners are always wanting what they don't have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.