Friday, January 28, 2011

Day 28 - Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.

Day 29 - Proverbs 29! The Message version :)

For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn,
There'll come a day when life tumbles in and they break,
but by then it'll be too late to help them.

When good people run things, everyone is glad,
but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans.

The good-hearted understand what it's like to be poor;
the hardhearted haven't the faintest idea.

Leadership gains authority and respect
when the voiceless poor are treated fairly.

It takes more than talk to keep workers in line;
mere words go in one ear and out the other.

Observe the people who always talk before they think—
even simpletons are better off than they are.

If you let people treat you like a doormat,
you'll be quite forgotten in the end.

Pride lands you flat on your face;
humility prepares you for honors.

The fear of human opinion disables;
trusting in God protects you from that.

Good people can't stand the sight of deliberate evil;
the wicked can't stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.

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