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14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

16 A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.

20 A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

21 To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.

17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.

24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.

26 Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one gets justice.

5 “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

7 He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.