Proverbs 29:11-26

¹¹People who are wise are patient and restrain/control themselves when they are angry, but foolish people ◄quickly show others that they are very angry/do not restrain themselves at all►.

¹²If a ruler ◄pays attention to/believes► people who tell lies, all his officials will also become wicked.

¹³There is one thing that is true about both poor people and those who oppress them: Yahweh enables all of them to see.

¹⁴If kings judge poor people fairly, they will continue to rule for a long time.

¹⁵If children are punished/spanked and reproved/warned, they become wise; but if they are allowed to do whatever they want to do, they do things that cause their mothers to be ashamed of them.

¹⁶When wicked people rule, there are more crimes committed {people commit more crimes}, but some day those wicked people will ◄be defeated/no longer rule►, and righteous people will see that happen.

¹⁷If you discipline your children, they will no longer do things that will cause you to be worried; instead, they will do things that will delight you SYN.

¹⁸When the people of a nation do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. God is pleased with those who obey his laws.

¹⁹It is not possible to correct/discipline servants only by talking to them; they understand what you are saying, but they do not pay attention to it.

²⁰God can help/bless foolish people more easily RHQ than he can help/bless people who speak without thinking first.

²¹If someone gives his servants everything that they want, starting from when they are young, some day those servants will take from him everything that he owns.

²²Those who quickly become angry cause many arguments, and they also commit many sins.

²³Proud people will be disgraced; those who are humble will be respected.

²⁴Those who help thieves to steal only hurt themselves; when they are in court, they solemnly ask God to curse them if they do not tell the truth, but they do not tell the truth about the crime that was committed, and as a result, God will curse them.

²⁵It is like a dangerous trap MET for people to be ◄afraid of/worried about► what others will think about them, but those who trust in Yahweh are safe/protected.

²⁶Many people request rulers to do things to help them, but Yahweh is the only one who surely does for people what is fair/just.