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Proverbs 29:1-7 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. If you get more stubborn every time you are corrected, one day you will be crushed and never recover.

2. Show me a righteous ruler and I will show you a happy people. Show me a wicked ruler and I will show you a miserable people.

3. If you appreciate wisdom, your father will be proud of you.It is a foolish waste to spend money on prostitutes.

4. When the king is concerned with justice, the nation will be strong, but when he is only concerned with money, he will ruin his country.

5. If you flatter your friends, you set a trap for yourself.

6. Evil people are trapped in their own sins, while honest people are happy and free.

7. A good person knows the rights of the poor, but wicked people cannot understand such things.

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