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Proverbs 19

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