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Proverbs 19:6-22

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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.
14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
16He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.
17He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
19A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.
20Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
21A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
22The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

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