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19:1  Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.
19:2  Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
19:3  One’s own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the Lord.
19:4  Wealth brings many friends, but the poor are left friendless.
19:5  A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.
19:6  Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.
19:7  If the poor are hated even by their kin, how much more are they shunned by their friends! When they call after them, they are not there.
19:8  To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper.
19:9  A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.
19:10  It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
19:11  Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
19:12  A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
19:13  A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
19:14  House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
19:15  Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.
19:16  Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.
19:17  Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord and will be repaid in full.
19:18  Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.
19:19  A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.
19:20  Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
19:21  The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
19:22  What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.
19:23  The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
19:24  The lazy person buries a hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
19:25  Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.
19:26  Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
19:27  My child, stop ignoring instruction, straying from words of knowledge.
19:28  A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
19:29  Punishments are prepared for scoffers and flogging for the backs of fools.