Proverbs 19

¹Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity than he that perverse in his lips and is a fool. ²Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. ³The foolishness of man subverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against the LORD. ⁴Wealth addeth many friends: but the poor is separated from his friend. ⁵A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape. ⁶Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. ⁷All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him! he pursueth them withwords, butthey are gone. ⁸He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. ⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall perish. ¹⁰Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. ¹¹The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. ¹²The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. ¹³A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. ¹⁴House and riches are an inheritance from fathers: but a prudent wife is from the LORD. ¹⁵Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. ¹⁶He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul: buthe that is careless of his ways shall die. ¹⁷He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, and his good deed will he pay him again. ¹⁸Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; and set not thy heart on his destruction. ¹⁹A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty: for if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again. ²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. ²¹There are many devices in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. ²²The desire of a man is the measure ofhis kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. ²³The fear of the LORD tendethto life: and he that hath itshall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. ²⁴The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. ²⁵smite a scorner, and the simple will learn prudence: and reprove one that hath understanding, andhe will understand knowledge. ²⁶He that spoileth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. ²⁷Cease, my son, to hear instruction onlyto err from the words of knowledge. ²⁸A worthless witness mocketh at judgment: and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity. ²⁹Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.