Proverbs - Chapter 19 - A Conservative Version
- Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
- Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.
- The foolishness of a man subverts his way, and his heart rages against LORD.
- Wealth adds many friends, but a poor man is separated from his friend.
- A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall not escape.
- Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
- All the brothers of a poor man hate him, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [with] words, [but] they are gone.
- He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
- A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.
- Luxurious living is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over rulers.
- The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from LORD.
- Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul. He who is careless of his ways shall die.
- He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.
- Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
- A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty, for if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.
- Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.
- There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.
- That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.
- The fear of LORD is life to a man, and he shall abide satisfied. He shall not be visited with evil.
- The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
- He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.
- To err from the words of knowledge, cease, my son, to hear instruction.
- A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
- Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.