Pro29:1 One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
Pro29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Pro29:3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad, but to keep company with prostitutes is to squander one's substance.
Pro29:4 By justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.
Pro29:5 Whoever flatters a neighbor is spreading a net for the neighbor's feet.
Pro29:6 In the transgression of the evil there is a snare, but the righteous sing and rejoice.
Pro29:7 The righteous know the rights of the poor; the wicked have no such understanding.
Pro29:8 Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
Pro29:9 If the wise go to law with fools, there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
Pro29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.
Pro29:11 A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back.
Pro29:12 If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.
Pro29:13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
Pro29:14 If a king judges the poor with equity, his throne will be established forever.
Pro29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.
Pro29:16 When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
Pro29:17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.
Pro29:18 Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but happy are those who keep the law.
Pro29:19 By mere words servants are not disciplined, for though they understand, they will not give heed.
Pro29:20 Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
Pro29:21 A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.
Pro29:22 One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.
Pro29:23 A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
Pro29:24 To be a partner of a thief is to hate one's own life; one hears the victim's curse, but discloses nothing.
Pro29:25 The fear of others lays a snare, but one who trusts in the LORD is secure.
Pro29:26 Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one gets justice.
Pro29:27 The unjust are an abomination to the righteous, but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.