1: 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.
2: When good people run things, everyone is glad, but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans.
3: If you love wisdom, you'll delight your parents, but you'll destroy their trust if you run with whores.
4: A leader of good judgment gives stability; an exploiting leader leaves a trail of waste.
5: A flattering neighbor is up to no good; he's probably planning to take advantage of you.
6: Evil people fall into their own traps; good people run the other way, glad to escape.
7: The good-hearted understand what it's like to be poor; the hardhearted haven't the faintest idea.
8: A gang of cynics can upset a whole city; a group of sages can calm everyone down.
9: A sage trying to work things out with a fool gets only scorn and sarcasm for his trouble.
10: Murderers hate honest people; moral folks encourage them.
11: A fool lets it all hang out; a sage quietly mulls it over.
12: When a leader listens to malicious gossip, all the workers get infected with evil.
13: The poor and their abusers have at least something in common: they can both see--their sight, GOD's gift!
14: Leadership gains authority and respect when 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.
21: If you let people treat you like a doormat, you'll be quite forgotten in the end.
22: Angry people stir up a lot of discord; the intemperate stir up trouble.
23: Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.
24: Befriend an outlaw and become an enemy to yourself. When the victims cry out, you'll be included in their curses if you're a coward to their cause in court.
25: The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in GOD protects you from that.
26: Everyone tries to get help from the leader, but only GOD will give us justice.
27: Good people can't stand the sight of deliberate evil; the wicked can't stand the sight of well-chosen goodness. The Words of Agur Ben Yakeh God? Who Needs Him?