| Chapter 19 |
1 | Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. |
2 | Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. |
3 | The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah. |
4 | Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend. |
5 | A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape. |
6 | Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. |
7 | All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth [them with] words, [but] they are gone. |
8 | He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good. |
9 | A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish. |
10 | Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes. |
11 | The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression. |
12 | The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass. |
13 | A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. |
14 | House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah. |
15 | Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger. |
16 | He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; [But] he that is careless of his ways shall die. |
17 | He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again. |
18 | Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction. |
19 | A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again. |
20 | Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. |
21 | There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand. |
22 | That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar. |
23 | The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil. |
24 | The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
25 | Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge. |
26 | He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. |
27 | Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge. |
28 | A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity. |
29 | Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools. |