19:1 BETTER IS a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool. |
19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin {and} miss the mark. |
19:3 The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful {and} frets against the Lord. |
19:4 Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor. |
19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape. |
19:6 Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts. |
19:7 All the brothers of a poor man detest him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone. |
19:8 He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper {and} find good. |
19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish. |
19:10 Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool--much less for a slave to rule over princes. |
19:11 Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression {or} an offense. |
19:12 The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass. |
19:13 A self-confident {and} foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof]. |
19:14 House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, {and} prudent wife is from the Lord. |
19:15 Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger. |
19:16 He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die. |
19:17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him. |
19:18 Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin. |
19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again. |
19:20 Hear counsel, receive instruction, {and} accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come. |
19:21 Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. |
19:22 That which is desired in a man is loyalty {and} kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar. |
19:23 The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil. |
19:24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
19:25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge. |
19:26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. |
19:27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it {and} stray from the words of knowledge. |
19:28 A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. |
19:29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools. |