The lawless and the righteous
(Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Ezekiel 45:10-12)
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When people use scales that are not correct; Yahweh is angry that they are stealing from their customers; he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales.
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People who are proud live in such a way that always ends in disgrace; people who are humble are the only ones who can learn about wisdom.
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People who keep their promises also make choices that lead them in the right way; those who cannot be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.
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Your money will not help you on the day Yahweh judges the world; but if you do what is right, you will be kept safe from many dangers, even death.
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When people are honest and good, they know where they should go and what they should do; but those who do evil find that their wickedness will destroy them.
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God rescues those who do what is right, but those who do what is evil become slaves to their desires.
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When a wicked person dies, all he hoped for in the future is lost; what he wanted to accomplish with his strength, will never happen.
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The one who does what is right, Yahweh delivers from trouble; and Yahweh gives that trouble to the wicked.
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A person who has no kind of religious faith uses his words to destroy his neighbor; but people who do right will be saved by the knowledge they have gathered.
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When things go well for those who do what is right, those in their city are happy, and shouts of joy are heard when wicked people die.
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When there are people in the city who please God and they give good gifts to others, the city becomes great; but the words spoken by the wicked tear down the city.
The faithful man and the messenger
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The one who treats his friend with contempt has no good judgment; a person who has learned what is important says nothing.
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Those who spread gossip tell secrets to others, but a person you can trust will not talk about it.
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A nation will be destroyed if it does not have leaders who guide it wisely; but the nation will have victory when it listens to many advisors.
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If you promise to pay off a loan that is taken by a stranger, you will lose your money. You will be safe if you refuse to make any kind of agreement to pay someone else’s debts.
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A kindhearted woman earns respect; but violent people take hold of riches.
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By their kindness to others kind people give good gifts to themselves, but one who is cruel hurts himself by his cruelty.
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Wicked people tell lies to make more money, but those who do what is right will be paid even more because they earned it.
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Those who do what is right will live, but those who do what is wrong will die.
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Yahweh hates those who take good things and they twist them and they do bad things with them, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
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It is certain that evil people will not escape their punishment. and the children of those who do right will be kept safe.
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If you see a gold ring in a pig’s nose, that is very much like a beautiful woman who does not have good sense.
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Those who do what is right desire things that result in good, but the reward of the wicked is that they will experience Yahweh’s wrath.
Generous benefactor
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If a person sows seed, he can expect to harvest a crop; his few seeds will give him much more; another person does not plant a crop, and he becomes poor.
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Those who give generously to others will prosper; if you share your water with other people, you will have enough for yourself, too.
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People will curse the merchant who will not sell them grain, but they praise the one who sells it.
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If you work hard and go out to find what is good, you will also find good will. But if you look for evil, you will find it.
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Those who trust in their money will fall down, but those who do what is right will grow like a healthy tree.
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Those who bring troubles to their families will inherit nothing, and those who do foolish things will become the servants of those who are wise.
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Those who do what is right will be like a life giving tree, but acts of violence take away life.
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It is sure that those who do what is right will get what they truly deserve; but even more, the person who does bad things and the one who sins against Yahweh, will surely receive what they deserve.
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