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19:1  Better is the poor that walketh in his tohm (integrity, guilelessness), than he that is perverse in his sfatayim (lips), and is a kesil (fool).
19:2  Also, that the nefesh (desire) be without da’as, it is not tov, and he that hasteth with his raglayim (feet) sinneth.
19:3  The folly of adam maketh his derech crooked, yet his lev rages against Hashem.
19:4  Wealth maketh many friends, but the dal (poor) is separated from his re’a (neighbor).
19:5  An ed shekarim (false witness) shall not go unpunished, and he that speaketh kezavim (lies) shall not escape.
19:6  Rabbim (many) will entreat the favor of the ruler, and every ish is the re’a (friend) to him that giveth mattan (gifts).
19:7  All the kin of the rahsh (pauper) do hate him; how much more does his friend avoid him? He pursueth them with words, yet they are not there.
19:8  He that getteth lev [of understanding] loveth his own nefesh; he that is shomer over tevunah (understanding) shall find tov.
19:9  An ed shekarim (false witness) shall not go unpunished, and he that speaketh kezavim (lies) shall perish.
19:10  Luxury is not fitting for a kesil (fool); much less for an eved to have rule over sarim.
19:11  The seichel adam deferreth his anger, and it is his tiferet (glory) to pass over a peysha (transgression).
19:12  The wrath of a melech is like the roaring of a lion, but his ratzon (favor) is as tal (dew) upon the esev (grass).
19:13  A ben kesil is the calamity of aviv (his father), and the contentions of an isha are a constant dripping [i.e., an irritant].
19:14  Bais and hon (wealth) are the nachalah avot, and a prudent isha (wife) is from Hashem.
19:15  Atzlah (slothfulness, laziness) casteth into a tardemah (deep sleep), and a nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully lazy soul) shall suffer hunger.
19:16  He that is shomer over the mitzvah is shomer over his own nefesh, but he that is reckless in his drakhim shall die.
19:17  He that hath compassion on the dal (poor) lendeth unto Hashem; and for his benefits He will repay him.
19:18  Chasten binecha (thy son) while there is yet tikvah, and give not in to thy nefesh (desire) to kill him.
19:19  One of gadol chemah (great temper) shall bear onesh (punishment), for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
19:20  Hear etzah, and accept musar, that thou mayest be wise in thy acharit (latter end, future).
19:21  There are many plans in a lev ish; nevertheless it is the etzah of Hashem that shall stand.
19:22  The ta’avah (what is desirable) in an adam is his chesed, and a rahsh (pauper) is better than an ish kazav (liar).
19:23  The Yirat Hashem tendeth to chayyim, and he that hath it shall rest secure; he shall not be visited by rah.
19:24  An atzel (sluggard, lazy one) thrusteth his yad into his dish, and will not so much as bring it back to his peh (mouth) again.
19:25  Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn what is prudent, and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand da’as.
19:26  He that mistreateth his av, and driveth out his em, is a ben that causeth shame, and bringeth cherpah.
19:27  Cease, beni (my son), to hear musar and thou shalt go astray from the words of da’as.
19:28  An ed beliya’al (corrupt witness) scorneth mishpat (justice), and the peh (mouth) of the resha’im devoureth iniquity.
19:29  Shefatim (penalties, judgments) are prepared for scoffers, and for kesilim, beatings for the back.