1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.
2
The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.
3
No one finds security by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
4
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
5
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
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.