Proverbs 19

¹Conducting our lives as we should even though we are poor

²Being enthusiastic but not thinking carefully about what we are about to do is not good;

³Some people are ruined as a result of their own foolish actions,

⁴Those who are rich easily find people who want to be their friends,

⁵Those who tell lies in court will surely be punished [LIT];

⁶Many people try to persuade important people to do favors for them;

⁷Even the relatives of someone who becomes poor hate him,

⁸Those who become wise [IDM] are doing a favor for themselves;

⁹Those who tell lies in court will certainly be punished [LIT];

¹⁰It is not appropriate for foolish people to live ◄luxuriously/like rich people►,

¹¹Those who have good sense do not quickly become angry;

¹²When a king is angry, that causes people to be afraid of him, like the roar of a lion causes people to be afraid [SIM],

¹³Foolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents.

¹⁴We can inherit a house or money from our parents when they die,

¹⁵Those who are lazy sleep soundly,

¹⁶Those who obey God’s commandments will remain alive for a long time;

¹⁷When we give things to poor people, it is as though we are lending to Yahweh,

¹⁸Discipline your children while they are young, while you still hope that they will learn to behave as they should;

¹⁹Those who ◄do not control their temper/quickly become very angry► will have to endure what happens as a result;

²⁰Pay attention when people give you good advice and learn from them,

²¹People plan to do many kinds of things,

²²People want others to be loyal to them;

²³Those who have an awesome respect for Yahweh will live a long life;

²⁴Some people are extremely lazy;

²⁵If you punish someone who makes fun of those who are wise, those who ◄are naive/need to be instructed► will learn to do what is smart;

²⁶Anyone who mistreats/abuses his father or forces his mother to leave the home

²⁷My son, if you stop learning things,

²⁸Worthless witnesses in court make fun of judges who try to make fair decisions,

²⁹God is ready to punish those who make fun of him/religion;