Proverbs 19:14-22

¹⁴We can inherit a house or money from our parents when they die, but only Yahweh can give someone a sensible wife.

¹⁵Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry because of not earning money to buy food.

¹⁶Those who obey God's commandments will remain alive for a long time; those who despise/disobey them (OR, those who do not control their own conduct) will die while they are still young.

¹⁷When we give things to poor people, it is as though we are lending to Yahweh, and he will ◄pay us back/reward us for what we did►.

¹⁸Discipline your children while they are young, while you still hope that they will learn to behave as they should; if you do not discipline them, you are helping them to destroy themselves.

¹⁹Those who ◄do not control their temper/quickly become very angry► will have to endure what happens as a result; but if we rescue them from those troubles once, we will have to continue rescuing them.

²⁰Pay attention when people give you good advice and learn from them, in order that you will become wise for the rest of your life.

²¹People plan to do many kinds of things, but what will happen is what Yahweh has decided will happen.

²²People want others to be loyal to them; it is better to be poor than to tell a lie to a judge in court in order to get money.