Proverbs 14:19-34

¹⁹Some day evil people will bow down in front of righteous people to show that they respect them; they will humbly stand at the gates of the houses of righteous people and request their help.

²⁰No one likes poor people; even their friends/neighbors do not like them; rich people have many friends, but only while the rich people still have money.

²¹It is sinful to despise your poor neighbors; God is pleased with those who do kind things for the poor.

²²Those who plan to do things that are evil/wrong are walking on the wrong road; people faithfully love, respect and are loyal to those who plan to do what is good.

²³If you work hard, you will ◄accomplish something good/get a good income►, but if all you do is to talk and not work, you will remain poor.

²⁴One of the rewards MET of being wise is to become rich; the reward of acting foolishly is to become more foolish.

²⁵By saying in court what is true, you can save the life of the one who is being falsely accused; if you tell lies, you are abandoning someone who needs your help to defend him.

²⁶Those who revere Yahweh are confident that he will protect them, and their family will also be protected.

²⁷Having an awesome respect for Yahweh is like MET having a fountain that gives life; it will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you MET.

²⁸If a king rules over many people, many people will be able to honor him; if he has only a few people in his kingdom, he will have very little HYP power.

²⁹Those who do not quickly become angry are very wise; by quickly becoming angry, people show that they are foolish.

³⁰Having a mind that is peaceful results in having a healthy body; having a mind that is often in turmoil is like MET cancer in a person's bones.

³¹Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people, but acting kindly toward them is respecting God.

³²Wicked people ruin themselves by the evil things that they do, but righteous/good people are kept safe/protected even when they die (OR, because of their continually doing what is right).

³³Those who have good sense always think what is wise; foolish people do not know anything about being wise.

³⁴When the people of a nation continually act righteously, it causes that nation to be great; continually doing what is evil causes a nation to be disgraced.