Proverbs 19

¹Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,

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

³The foolishness of man perverteth his way:

⁴Wealth maketh many friends;

⁵A false witness shall not be unpunished,

⁶Many will intreat the favour of the prince:

⁷All the brethren of the poor do hate him:

⁸He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:

⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished,

¹⁰Delight is not seemly for a fool;

¹¹The discretion of a man deferreth his 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 the inheritance of fathers:

¹⁵Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;

¹⁶He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;

¹⁷He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord;

¹⁸Chasten thy son while there is hope,

¹⁹A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment:

²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction,

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

²²The desire of a man is his kindness:

²³The fear of the Lord tendeth to life:

²⁴A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom,

²⁵Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware:

²⁶He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother,

²⁷Cease, my son, to hear the instruction

²⁸An ungodly witness scorneth judgment:

²⁹Judgments are prepared for scorners,