Proverbs 19

¹Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity

²Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;

³The foolishness of man subverteth his way;

⁴Wealth addeth many friends;

⁵A false witness shall not be unpunished;

⁶Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man;

⁷All the brethren of the poor do hate him:

⁸He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:

⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished;

¹⁰Delicate living is not seemly for a fool;

¹¹The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;

¹²The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion;

¹³A foolish son is the calamity of his father;

¹⁴House and riches are an inheritance from fathers;

¹⁵Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;

¹⁶He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul;

¹⁷He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,

¹⁸Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;

¹⁹A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty;

²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction,

²¹There are many devices in a man’s heart;

²²That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;

²³The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life;

²⁴The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,

²⁵Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;

²⁶He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother,

²⁷Cease, my son, to hear instruction

²⁸A worthless witness mocketh at justice;

²⁹Judgments are prepared for scoffers,