for the LORD will plead their case and ruin the lives of those who ruin them.

“I was almost in utter ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

The wise of heart will receive commands,
But a babbling fool will be ruined.

He who winks the eye causes trouble,
And a babbling fool will be ruined.

Wise men store up knowledge,
But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.

The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright,
But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in the dearth of people is a prince’s ruin.

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

The foolishness of man ruins his way,
And his heart rages against the Lord.

The righteous one considers the house of the wicked,
Turning the wicked to ruin.

For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.

To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

The LORD watches over anyone with knowledge, but he ruins the plans of the unfaithful.

A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

A king brings stability to a land through justice, but a man who takes bribes brings it to ruin.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear
Nor of the storm of the wicked when it comes [since you will be blameless];

He who learns from instruction and correction is on the [right] path of life [and for others his example is a path toward wisdom and blessing],
But he who ignores and refuses correction goes off course [and for others his example is a path toward sin and ruin].

Discipline and teach your son while there is hope,
And do not [indulge your anger or resentment by imposing inappropriate punishment nor] desire his destruction.

Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines],
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

The integrity of the upright, shall guide them, but, the crookedness of the treacherous, shall be their ruin.

He that becometh surety for a stranger, goeth to utter ruin, but, he that hateth striking hands, is secure.

When the lawless become great, transgression increaseth, but, the righteous, shall behold, their ruin.

The one who brings ruin on his household
will inherit the wind,
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.

Though a righteous man falls seven times,
he will get up,
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror;

In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress.

He who loves fighting loves transgression; he who makes his gate high seeks ruin.

For their heart studies ruin, and their lips talk of mischief.