Proverbs 11:29-31, Proverbs 12:1-7 NIV

Proverbs 11:29-31

Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,

and the fool will be servant to the wise.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,

and the one who is wise saves lives.

If the righteous receive their due on earth,

how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

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Proverbs 12:1-7

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but whoever hates correction is stupid.

Good people obtain favor from the Lord,

but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

No one can be established through wickedness,

but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown,

but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

The plans of the righteous are just,

but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,

but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The wicked are overthrown and are no more,

but the house of the righteous stands firm.

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