Chapter 19

  Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.  

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  Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.  

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  The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.  

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  Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.  

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  A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.  

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  Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.  

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  All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth [them with] words, [but] they are gone.  

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  He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.  

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  A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.  

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  Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.  

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  The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.  

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  The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.  

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  A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.  

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  House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.  

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  Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.  

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  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; [But] he that is careless of his ways shall die.  

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  He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.  

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  Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.  

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  A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.  

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  Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.  

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  There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.  

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  That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.  

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  The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.  

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  The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.  

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  Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.  

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  He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.  

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  Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.  

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  A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.  

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  Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.  

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