Proverbs 19:10-27

¹⁰Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

¹¹It is the discretion of a man to be 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 the inheritance of 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 despiseth His ways shall die.

¹⁷He that is gracious unto the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and his good deed will He repay unto him.

¹⁸Chasten thy son, for there is hope; but set not thy heart on his destruction.

¹⁹A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.

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

²¹There are many devices in a man's heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

²²The lust of a man is his shame; and a poor man is better than a liar.

²³The fear of the LORD tendeth to life; and he that hath it shall abide satisfied, he shall not be visited with evil.

²⁴The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it back to his mouth.

²⁵When thou smitest a scorner, the simple will become prudent; and when one that hath understanding is reproved, he will understand knowledge.

²⁶A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.

²⁷Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.