PROVERBS 19:1-16

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 with words, but they 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: but he that is careless of his ways shall die.