Proverbios 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; __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 19:2 Or, misseth his way __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ sinneth. ³ The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah. ⁴ Wealth addeth many friends; the poor is separated from his friend. ⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished; 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; 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; his destruction. ¹⁹ A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; 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; 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 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.