27 Try hard to do right,and you will win friends;go looking for trouble,and you will find it.
28 Trust in your wealth,and you will be a failure,but God's people will prosperlike healthy plants.
29 Fools who cause troublein the familywon't inherit a thing.They will end up as slavesof someone with good sense.
30 Live right, and you will eatfrom the life-giving tree.And if you act wisely,others will follow.
31 If good people are rewardedhere on this earth,all who are cruel and meanwill surely be punished.