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