Proverbs 19:3-13

³By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

⁴Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

⁵A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

⁶Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

⁷All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

⁸He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

⁹A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

¹⁰Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

¹¹A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

¹²The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

¹³A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.