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19:1  Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in one’s ways.
19:2  Desire without knowledge is not good; and whoever acts hastily, blunders.
19:3  Their own folly leads people astray; in their hearts they rage against the Lord.
19:4  Wealth adds many friends, but the poor are left friendless.
19:5  The false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever utters lies will not escape.
19:6  Many curry favor with a noble; everybody is a friend of a gift giver.
19:7  All the kin of the poor despise them; how much more do their friends shun them!
19:8  Those who gain sense truly love themselves; those who preserve understanding will find success.
19:9  The false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever utters lies will perish.
19:10  Luxury is not befitting a fool; much less should a slave rule over princes.
19:11  It is good sense to be slow to anger, and an honor to overlook an offense.
19:12  The king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor, like dew on the grass.
19:13  The foolish son is ruin to his father, and a quarrelsome wife is water constantly dripping.
19:14  Home and possessions are an inheritance from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
19:15  Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.
19:16  Those who keep commands keep their lives, but those who despise these ways will die.
19:17  Whoever cares for the poor lends to the Lord, who will pay back the sum in full.
19:18  Discipline your son, for there is hope; but do not be intent on his death.
19:19  A wrathful person bears the penalty; after one rescue, you will have it to do again.
19:20  Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may eventually become wise.
19:21  Many are the plans of the human heart, but it is the decision of the Lord that endures.
19:22  What is desired of a person is fidelity; rather be poor than a liar.
19:23  The fear of the Lord leads to life; one eats and sleeps free from any harm.
19:24  The sluggard buries a hand in the dish; not even lifting it to the mouth.
19:25  Beat a scoffer and the naive learn a lesson; rebuke the intelligent and they gain knowledge.
19:26  Whoever mistreats a father or drives away a mother, is a shameless and disgraceful child.
19:27  My son, stop attending to correction; start straying from words of knowledge.
19:28  An unprincipled witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked pours out iniquity.
19:29  Rods are prepared for scoffers, and blows for the backs of fools.