Proverbs 29:17-27 (New Revised Standard)
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17
Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.
18
Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but happy are those who keep the law.
19
By mere words servants are not disciplined, for though they understand, they will not give heed.
20
Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
21
A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end. a
22
One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.
23
A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
24
To be a partner of a thief is to hate one's own life; one hears the victim's curse, but discloses nothing. b
25
The fear of others c lays a snare, but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.
26
Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.
27
The unjust are an abomination to the righteous, but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard Bible Version Online)
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