Proverbs 19:1-16

¹Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips, and unwise.

²Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

³The folly of a man supplanteth his seeps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.

⁴Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.

⁵A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

⁶Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.

⁷The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing.

⁸But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things.

⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.

¹⁰Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.

¹¹The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

¹²As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

¹³A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

¹⁴House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

¹⁵Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

¹⁶He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.