14 Leadership gains authority and respectwhen the voiceless poor are treated fairly.
15 Wise discipline imparts wisdom;spoiled adolescents embarrass their parents.
16 When degenerates take charge, crime runs wild,but the righteous will eventually observe their collapse.
17 Discipline your children; you’ll be glad you did—they’ll turn out delightful to live with.
18 If people can’t see what God is doing,they stumble all over themselves;But when they attend to what he reveals,they are most blessed.
19 It takes more than talk to keep workers in line;mere words go in one ear and out the other.
20 Observe the people who always talk before they think—even simpletons are better off than they are.