Proverbs 19

On Life and Conduct

19BETTER IS a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool.H2896H7326H1980H8537H6141H8193H36842Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin {and} miss the mark.H5315H1847H2896H213H7272H23983The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful {and} frets against the Lord.H200H120H5557H1870H3820H2196H30684Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor.H1952H3254H7227H7453H1800H6504H74535A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape.H8267H5707H5352H6315H3577H44226Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.H7227H2470H6440H5081H7453H376H49767All the brothers of a poor man detest him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.H251H7326H8130H4828H7368H7291H5618He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper {and} find good.H7069H3820H157H5315H8104H8394H4672H28969A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.H8267H5707H5352H6315H3577H610Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool--much less for a slave to rule over princes.H8588H5000H3684H5650H4910H826911Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression {or} an offense.H7922H120H748H639H8597H5674H658812The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass.H4428H2197H5099H3715H7522H2919H621213A self-confident {and} foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].H3684H1121H1942H1H4079H802H2956H181214House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, {and} prudent wife is from the Lord.H1004H1952H5159H1H7919H802H306815Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.H6103H5307H8639H7423H5315H745616He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die.H8104H4687H8104H5315H959H1870H419117He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him.H2603H1800H3867H3068H1576H799918Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.H3256H1121H3426H8615H5315H5375H419119A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again.H1419H1632H2534H5375H6066H5337H325420Hear counsel, receive instruction, {and} accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.H8085H6098H6901H4148H2449H31921Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand.H7227H4284H376H3820H6098H3068H696522That which is desired in a man is loyalty {and} kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar.H8378H120H2617H7326H2896H376H357723The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil.H3374H3068H2416H3885H7649H6485H745124The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.H6102H2934H3027H6747H7725H6310H772525Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.H5221H3887H6612H6191H3198H995H995H184726He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.H7703H1H1272H517H1121H954H265927Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it {and} stray from the words of knowledge.H2308H1121H8085H4148H7686H561H184728A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.H1100H5707H3887H4941H6310H7563H1104H20529Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools.H8201H3559H3887H4112H1460H3684