16 Crime increaseswhen crooks are in power,but law-abiding citizenswill see them fall.
17 If you correct your children,they will bring you peaceand happiness.
18 Without guidance from Godlaw and order disappear,but God blesses everyonewho obeys his Law.
19 Even when servants are smart,it takes more than wordsto make them obey.
20 There is more hope for a foolthan for someone who speakswithout thinking.
21 Slaves that you treat kindlyfrom their childhoodwill cause you sorrow.
22 A person with a quick temperstirs up argumentsand commits a lot of sins.