The Thirty Precepts Of The Sages

I was spending some time the other night reading my favourite book and came across ‘The Thirty Precepts Of The Sages’ found between Proverbs 22:17 and Proverbs 24:22.

A sage is a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom. And precepts are principles or rules of personal conduct.

So here are thirty powerful principles for you to consider…

1. Don’t walk on the poor.
2. Don’t hang out with angry people.
3. Don’t gamble.
4. Don’t mess with ancestral boundary lines.
5. Observe good people good at their work.
6. Mind your manners when you dine with influential people.
7. Don’t chase riches.
8. Don’t accept meals from tightwads.
9. Don’t bother talking sense to fools.
10. Don’t cheat orphans out of their property.
11. Give yourself to disciplined instruction and open your ears to tested knowledge.
12. Spank your children.
13. Wise children make for happy parents.
14. Don’t envy careless rebels, but rather soak yourself in the fear of God.
15. Don’t drink or eat too much.
16. Listen to your father, care for your mother and buy wisdom, education and insight.
17. Avoid whores.
18. Avoid the drink.
19. Don’t envy bad people.
20. Use wisdom, understanding and knowledge to build your house.

21. Seek wisdom, intelligence, strategic planning and good counsel.
22. Have wise conversation.
23. Avoid evil and foolish people.
24. Don’t fall to pieces in a crisis.
25. Rescue the perishing.
26. Eat good food, knowledge and wisdom.
27. Don’t interfere with good people’s lives.
28. Don’t laugh when your enemy falls.
29. Don’t bother your head with braggarts, or wish to succeed like the wicked.
30. Fear God, and respect your leaders.

Source: The Message Bible

Tags: Foundational Living, Wisdom

Posted: 14/10/2009