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19:1 Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool. 19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way. 19:3 One's own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the LORD. 19:4 Wealth brings many friends, but the poor are left friendless. 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape. 19:6 Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts. 19:7 If the poor are hated even by their kin, how much more are they shunned by their friends! When they call after them, they are not there. 19:8 To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper. 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish. 19:10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes. 19:11 Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense. 19:12 A king's anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. 19:13 A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. 19:14 House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. 19:15 Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger. 19:16 Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die. 19:17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and will be repaid in full. 19:18 Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction. 19:19 A violent tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again. 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future. 19:21 The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established. 19:22 What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar. 19:23 The fear of the LORD is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm. 19:24 The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the mouth. 19:25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge. 19:26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach. 19:27 Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction. 19:28 A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. 19:29 Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.