| 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. |
| 2 | Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin
and
miss the mark. |
| 3 | The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful
and
frets against the Lord. |
| 4 | Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor. |
| 5 | A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape. |
| 6 | Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts. |
| 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. |
| 8 | He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper
and
find good. |
| 9 | A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish. |
| 10 | Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool—much less for a slave to rule over princes. |
| 11 | Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression
or
an offense. |
| 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. |
| 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]. |
| 14 | House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding,
and
prudent wife is from the Lord. |
| 15 | Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger. |
| 16 | He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die. |
| 17 | He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him. |
| 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 | 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. |
| 20 | Hear counsel, receive instruction,
and
accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come. |
| 21 | Many plans are in a man’s mind, but it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 24 | The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
| 25 | Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge. |
| 26 | He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. |
| 27 | Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it
and
stray from the words of knowledge. |
| 28 | A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. |
| 29 | Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools. |
Cross references:
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Proverbs 19:4 : Prov. 14:20.
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Proverbs 19:5 : Exod. 23:1; Deut. 19:16-19; Prov. 6:19; 21:28.
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Proverbs 19:12 : Hos. 14:5.
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Proverbs 19:14 : Prov. 18:22.
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Proverbs 19:16 : Luke 10:28; 11:28.
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Proverbs 19:17 : Prov. 28:27; Eccl. 11:1; Matt. 10:42; 25:40; II Cor. 9:6-8; Heb. 6:10.
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Proverbs 19:21 : Job 23:13; Ps. 33:10, 11; Isa. 14:26, 27; 46:10; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17.
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Proverbs 19:23 : Job 5:19; Ps. 91:3; Prov. 12:13; Isa. 46:4; Jer. 1:8; Dan. 6:27; II Tim. 4:8.
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Proverbs 19:29 : Isa. 32:6.
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