24Don't envy bad people; don't even want to be around them.H7065H7451H582H1832All they think about is causing a disturbance; all they talk about is making trouble.H3820H1897H7701H8193H1696H59993It takes wisdom to build a house, and understanding to set it on a firm foundation;H2451H1004H1129H8394H35594It takes knowledge to furnish its rooms with fine furniture and beautiful draperies.H1847H2315H4390H3368H5273H19525It's better to be wise than strong; intelligence outranks muscle any day.H2450H1397H5797H376H1847H553H35816Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel.H8458H6213H4421H7230H3289H86687Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven't a clue.H2454H7311H191H6605H6310H81798The person who's always cooking up some evil soon gets a reputation as prince of rogues.H2803H7489H7121H4209H11679Fools incubate sin; cynics desecrate beauty.H2154H200H2403H3887H8441H120
Rescue the Perishing
10If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn't much to you in the first place.H7503H3117H6869H3581H686211Rescue the perishing; don't hesitate to step in and help.H2820H5337H3947H4194H4131H202712If you say, "Hey, that's none of my business," will that get you off the hook? Someone is watching you closely, you know— Someone not impressed with weak excuses.H559H3045H8505H3826H995H5341H5315H3045H7725H120H646713Eat honey, dear child—it's good for you— and delicacies that melt in your mouth.H1121H398H1706H2896H5317H4966H244114Likewise knowledge, and wisdom for your soul— Get that and your future's secured, your hope is on solid rock.H3045H2451H5315H4672H3426H319H8615H377215Don't interfere with good people's lives; don't try to get the best of them.H693H7563H5116H6662H7703H725816No matter how many times you trip them up, God-loyal people don't stay down long; Soon they're up on their feet, while the wicked end up flat on their faces.H6662H5307H7651H6965H7563H3782H745117Don't laugh when your enemy falls; don't crow over his collapse.H8055H341H5307H3820H1523H378218GOD might see, and become very provoked, and then take pity on his plight.H3068H7200H7489H5869H7725H63919Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked.H2734H7489H7065H756320Those people have no future at all; they're headed down a dead-end street.H319H7451H5216H7563H184621Fear GOD, dear child—respect your leaders; don't be defiant or mutinous.H1121H3372H3068H4428H6148H813822Without warning your life can turn upside-down, and who knows how or when it might happen?H343H6965H6597H3045H6365H8147
An Honest Answer
23It's wrong, very wrong, to go along with injustice.H2450H2896H5234H6440H494124Whoever whitewashes the wicked gets a black mark in the history books,H559H7563H6662H5971H5344H3816H219425But whoever exposes the wicked will be thanked and rewarded.H3198H5276H2896H1293H93526An honest answer is like a warm hug.H5401H8193H7725H5228H169727First plant your fields; then build your barn.H3559H4399H2351H6257H7704H310H1129H100428Don't talk about your neighbors behind their backs— no slander or gossip, please.H5707H7453H2600H6601H819329Don't say to anyone, "I'll get back at you for what you did to me. I'll make you pay for what you did!"H559H6213H6213H7725H376H646730One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones, and then passed the vineyard of a lout;H5674H7704H376H6102H3754H120H2638H382031They were overgrown with weeds, thick with thistles, all the fences broken down.H5927H7063H2738H3680H6440H68H1444H204032I took a long look and pondered what I saw; the fields preached me a sermon and I listened:H2372H7896H3820H7200H3947H414833"A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?H4592H8142H4592H8572H4592H2264H3027H790134Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, with poverty as your permanent houseguest!"H7389H935H1980H4270H4043H376
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