Proverbs 19:1-29
19 * Better a poor man leading a conscientious lifethan a man of crooked lips, he being a fool.
2 * When a soul has not knowledge it is not good either,and one who is in haste with his feet goes wrong.
3 A man’s ignorance muddles his affairsand he flies out against Jehovah.
4 Possessions add many friends;but a poor man is parted from the friend he has.
5 A false witness will not be held guiltlessnor a lie-blower come off scot-free.
6 Many curry favor with a nobleman,and everybody is friend to a free giver.
7 * All a poor man’s brothers hate him;much more do his friends get far away from him.One who does much evil will achieve disaster,and one who rebels against words will not come off safe.
8 One who invests in brains loves his life;one who takes care for intelligence is going to find good.
9 A false witness will not be held guiltlessand a lie-blower will perish.
10 Luxury is not befitting for a fool;much less is ruling over generals for a slave.
11 * For a man to exercise patience is good business,and to pass over offenses is an adornment to him.
12 A king’s displeasure is a growl like a two-year-old lion’s, and his approval is like dew on herbage.
13 A foolish son is a catastrophe to his father,and a woman’s wrangles are a steadily dribbling leak in the roof.
14 A house and goods are an inheritance from parents,but a wife who minds her business is from Jehovah.
15 * Laziness throws one into a trance,and a slacker’s appetite will go hungry.
16 * One who keeps a commandment is keeping his life safe,and one who slights his courses will come to his death.
17 One who does a kindness to a poor man is lending to Jehovah, and he will pay him back in kind.
18 Chastise your son, because there is a hope,and do not expect to kill him.
19 * A man with too hot a temper has to pay the penalty,for if you interfere you make things still worse.
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,in order that you may be wise in future.
21 A man has plenty of ideas in his mind,but Jehovah’s plan is what stands.
22 ** A man’s goodwill is his friendliness,and a poor man is better than a liar.
23 * Fearing Jehovah leads to life,and one passes the night with a full stomach, unvisited by harm.
24 An idler has buried his hand in the dish,will not even bring it back to his mouth.
25 You give a cynic a beating, and a simpleton grows shrewder; one admonishes a man of sense, and he sees the point.
26 * A worthless and disgraceful sonlays waste his father’s house and makes his mother a fugitive.
27 Beware, my son, of listening to instructionto err from ways of knowledge.
28 * An unscrupulous witness takes a cynic’s view of justice,and wrong-doers’ mouths stream villainy.
29 * Whips are ready for cynicsand poundings for backs of fools.
Footnotes
^ 19:1 Var. of crooked courses, he being rich
^ 19:2 (first part) Unc.
^ 19:7 (second half) Susp.; var. instead of the two lines One who chases after words, they are not (var. his they are)
^ 19:11 Var.* A man’s hard-headedness makes him patient, and to
^ 19:15 Lit. a slack appetite
^ 19:16 Lit. despises his courses Conj. despises a word
^ 19:19 Unc., susp.
^ 19:22 Var. A man’s friendships are his income
^ 19:22 Conj. than a hard-hearted one
^ 19:23 Conj. one has a full stomach for the night and no dread of harm
^ 19:26 Or One who does violence to his father and drives out his mother is a worthless and disgraceful son
^ 19:28 Codd. swallow up villainy
^ 19:29 Var. Judgments are ready
