A Father’s Discipline 1 UST Wise children pay attention when their fathers instruct them, but people who ridicule{ other people} do not pay attention when people correct{ them}. BSB BSB: A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
2 UST The{ good} things that people say are{ like} good food to them, and the violent things that treacherous people do are{ like} food for them. BSB BSB: From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
3 UST People who are careful about what they say enable themselves to stay alive,{ but} people who speak carelessly destroy themselves. BSB BSB: He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
4 UST Lazy people want things very much and get very little, but people who work hard will receive everything that they want. BSB BSB: The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
5 UST Righteous people detest speaking falsely, but what wicked people do is disgusting and disgraceful. BSB BSB: The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
6 UST Acting righteously enables people who act blamelessly to be safe, but acting wickedly causes sinful people to do what will destroy them. BSB BSB: Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
7 UST Some people act as if they are wealthy while they are{ actually} poor. Other people act as if they are poor while they are{ actually} wealthy. BSB BSB: One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
8 UST Rich people{ might} have to pay money{ to someone who threatens them} in order to stay alive, but poor people do not{ even} listen when someone threatens them. BSB BSB: Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
9 UST Righteous people live joyfully like a light{ that shines brightly}, but wicked people{ will merely die} like an oil lamp that stops burning{ oil}. BSB BSB: The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
10 UST People who act proudly cause people to argue, but people who let others advise them cause people to be wise. BSB BSB: Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
11 UST Riches that people gain effortlessly will disappear, but people who gain{ riches} by working steadily will increase{ their riches}. BSB BSB: Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
12 UST People despair when they do not receive what they have been hoping to receive, but when people receive what they have been wanting to receive, they feel like they have everything that they need. BSB BSB: Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
13 UST People who detest what others{ try to} teach them will suffer{ for doing so}, but God will reward those people who respect what he has commanded. BSB BSB: He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
14 UST What wise people teach continuously benefits people throughout their lives. It enables people to avoid dangerous things that could kill them. BSB BSB: The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
15 UST People approve of people who are very insightful, but treacherous people are stubborn in the way that they live. BSB BSB: Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
16 UST All clever people think carefully before they do something, but foolish people show that they are foolish{ by how they act}. BSB BSB: Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
17 UST Bad things happen to messengers who are not reliable, but reliable messengers make people peaceful. BSB BSB: A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
18 UST People who do not let other people correct them will become poor and ashamed, but people respect those who let other people rebuke them{ for any bad behavior}. BSB BSB: Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
19 UST People feel pleasant when they get what they want, but foolish people detest refusing to do what is evil. BSB BSB: Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
20 UST People who associate with wise people will become wise{ themselves}, but people who are companions of foolish people will suffer. BSB BSB: He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
21 UST Bad things happen to sinful people, but good things happen to righteous people. BSB BSB: Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
22 UST Good people will leave riches for their grandchildren{ when they die}, but righteous people will receive the riches that sinful people have saved. BSB BSB: A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
23 UST Poor people have fields that can produce a lot of food, but unjust people take it away{ from them}. BSB BSB: Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
24 UST Parents who do not punish their children{ for bad behavior act as if they} hate their children, but parents who{ truly} love their children are careful to discipline them. BSB BSB: He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
25 UST Righteous people have enough{ food} to eat and satisfy themselves, but wicked people will be hungry. BSB BSB: A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.