Proverbs 27:23-27
Be sure you know how your flocks are doing.
Pay careful attention to your herds.
Riches don’t last forever.
And a crown is not secure for all time to come.
The hay is removed, and new growth appears.
The grass from the hills is gathered in.
Then your lambs will provide you with clothes.
And the money from selling your goats will buy you a field.
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family.
It will also feed your female servants.
Proverbs 28:1-6
Sinners run away even when no one is chasing them.
But those who do what is right are as bold as lions.
A country has many rulers when its people don’t obey.
But an understanding ruler knows how to keep order.
A ruler who treats poor people badly
is like a pounding rain that leaves no crops.
Those who turn away from instruction praise sinners.
But those who learn from it oppose them.
Sinful people don’t understand what is right.
But those who worship the Lord understand it completely.
It is better to be poor and live without blame
than to be rich and follow a crooked path.
