Proverbs

¹⁸Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]–blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he. [I Sam. 3:1; Amos 8:11, 12.] ¹⁹A servant will not be corrected by words alone; for though he understands, he will not answer [the master who mistreats him]. ²⁰Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him. ²¹He who pampers his servant from childhood will have him expecting the rights of a son afterward. ²²A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger commits and causes much transgression. ²³A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is of a humble spirit will obtain honor. [Prov. 15:33; 18:12; Isa. 66:2; Dan. 4:30; Matt. 23:12; James 4:6, 10; I Pet. 5:5.] ²⁴Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life; he falls under the curse [pronounced upon him who knows who the thief is] but discloses nothing.