Proverbs 19:21-29

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.

²⁸A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.

²⁹Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.