The Proverbs

19: 1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity

 Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

 ^19:2Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;

 And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

 ^19:3The foolishness of man subverteth his way;

 And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

 ^19:4Wealth addeth many friends;

 But the poor is separated from his friend.

 ^19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished;

 And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

 ^19:6Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man;

 And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

 ^19:7All the brethren of the poor do hate him:

 How much more do his friends go far from him!

 He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

 ^19:8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:

 He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

 ^19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished;

 And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

 ^19:10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool;

 Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

 ^19:11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;

 And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

 ^19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion;

 But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

 ^19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father;

 And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

 ^19:14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers;

 But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

 ^19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;

 And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

 ^19:16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul;

 But he that is careless of his ways shall die.

 ^19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,

 And his good deed will he pay him again.

 ^19:18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;

 nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

 ^19:19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty;

 For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

 ^19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction,

 That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

 ^19:21There are many devices in a man's heart;

 But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

 ^19:22That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;

 And a poor man is better than a liar.

 ^19:23The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life;

 And he that hath it shall abide satisfied;

 He shall not be visited with evil.

 ^19:24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,

 And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

 ^19:25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;

 And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

 ^19:26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother,

 Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

 ^19:27Cease, my son, to hear instruction

 Only to err from the words of knowledge.

 ^19:28A worthless witness mocketh at justice;

 And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

 ^19:29Judgments are prepared for scoffers,

 And stripes for the back of fools.