Proverbs 29:6-15

⁶Evil people are trapped by their own sins, but those who do right sing and celebrate.

⁷Good people care about treating the poor fairly, but the wicked don't think about it at all.

⁸Cynical people can inflame a whole city, but the wise calm angry people down.

⁹When a wise man takes a stupid man to court, there's raging and ridicule, but nothing is settled.

¹⁰Murderers hate people of integrity, but those who live right try to help them.

¹¹Stupid people let all their anger out, while wise people quietly hold it in.

¹²A ruler who listens to lies will have nothing but wicked officials.

¹³Poor people and their oppressors have this in common: the Lord gives life to all of them.

¹⁴If a king judges the poor fairly, he will have a long rule.

¹⁵Discipline and correction provide wisdom, but a son left undisciplined is an embarrassment to his mother.