Proverbs 19:1-16

¹Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in speech and is a fool.

²Also, it is not good to have desire without knowledge and the one who runs too fast misses the path.

³A person's folly ruins his life and his heart rages against Yahweh.

⁴Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friends.

⁵A false witness will not go unpunished and he who breathes out lies will not escape.

⁶Many will ask for a favor from a generous person and everyone is a friend of the one who gives gifts.

⁷All the brothers of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends who go far away from him! He calls out to them, but they are gone.

⁸He who gets wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding will find what is good.

⁹A false witness will not go unpunished, but the one who breathes out lies will perish.

¹⁰It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— much less for a slave to rule over princes.

¹¹Discretion makes a person slow to anger and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

¹²The wrath of the king is like the roaring of a young lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

¹³A foolish son is ruin to his father and a quarreling wife is a constant dripping of water.

¹⁴A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

¹⁵Laziness throws a person into a deep sleep, but the one not willing to work will go hungry.

¹⁶The one who obeys the command guards his life, but the person who does not think about his ways will die.