Proverbs 19:14-27

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.

²⁴A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.

²⁵Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.

²⁶He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

²⁷Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.