Proverbs 19
1- Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
2- Desire without knowledge is not good how much more will hasty feet miss the way!
3- A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord.
4- Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
5- A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free.
6- Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
7- The poor are shunned by all their relatives how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
8- The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
9- A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.
10- It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11- A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
12- A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13- A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
14- Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15- Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
16- Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.
17- Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.
18- Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
19- A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again.
20- Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
21- Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.
22- What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
23- The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24- A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
25- Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
26- Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
27- Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28- A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
29- Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.