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Proverbs 19 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1 - Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:2 - Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 - By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 - A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 - Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 - He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 - A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:10 - Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 - A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:14 - House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 - Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16 - He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:17 - He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:19 - A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:20 - Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21 - A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:23 - The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:24 - The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 - He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29 - Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
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