Proverbs 19:4-18

⁴Those who are rich easily find people who want to be their friends, but when people become poor, their friends often desert them.

⁵Those who tell lies in court will surely be punished LIT; they will not escape it.

⁶Many people try to persuade important people to do favors for them; everyone wants to be a friend of those who give gifts.

⁷Even the relatives of someone who becomes poor hate him, and his friends certainly stay away from him, too; even if he tries to talk with them, they will not be his friends again.

⁸Those who become wise IDM are doing a favor for themselves; those who get good sense will prosper.

⁹Those who tell lies in court will certainly be punished LIT; they will be ruined.

¹⁰It is not appropriate for foolish people to live ◄luxuriously/like rich people►, and it is even less appropriate for slaves to rule important officials.

¹¹Those who have good sense do not quickly become angry; people respect those who ignore offensive things that people say to them.

¹²When a king is angry, that causes people to be afraid of him, like the roar of a lion causes people to be afraid SIM, but if he acts kindly toward people, they like it just like they like dew on the grass in the morning.

¹³Foolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents. A wife who constantly ◄nags/quarrels with► her husband is as annoying as water that continually drips MET.

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.