Proverbs 19:1-23

¹Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

²Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

³The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah.

⁴Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.

⁵A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

⁶Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.

⁷All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, — they are not to be found.

⁸He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

⁹A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

¹⁰Good living beseemeth not a fool; how 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 displeasure 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 wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

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

¹⁶He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless of his ways shall die.

¹⁷He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

¹⁸Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.

¹⁹A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

²¹Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.

²²The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor man is better than a liar.

²³The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil.