Pro 19:1
Better H2896 is a poor H7326 man H7326 who walks H1980 in his integrity H8537
Than H4480 he who is crooked H6141 in lips H8193 and is a fool H3684.
Pro 19:2
Also H1571 it is not good H2896 for a person H5315 to be without H3808 knowledge H1847,
And he who hurries H213 [fn]his footsteps H7272 sins H2398.
Pro 19:3
The folly H200 of man H120 subverts H5557 his way H1870,
But his heart H3820 rages H2196 against H5921 Yahweh H3068.
Pro 19:4
Wealth H1952 adds H3254 many H7227 friends H7453,
But a poor H1800 man H1800 is separated H6504 from his friend H7453.
Pro 19:5
A [fn]false H8267 witness H5707 will not go H5352 unpunished H5352,
And he who breathes H6315 out H6315 lies H3577 will not escape H4422.
Pro 19:6
Many H7227 will seek H2470 the favor H6440 of a noble H5081 man H5081,
And everyone H3605 is a friend H7453 to a man who gives gifts H4976.
Pro 19:7
All H3605 the brothers H251 of a poor H7326 man H7326 hate H8130 him;
How H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 do his friends H4828 distance H7368 themselves from him!
He pursues H7291 them with words H561, but they are no more H3808.
Pro 19:8
He who acquires H7069 a heart H3820 of wisdom loves H157 his own soul H5315;
He who keeps H8104 discernment H8394 will find H4672 good H2896.
Pro 19:9
And he who breathes H6315 out H6315 lies H3577 will perish H6.
Pro 19:10
Luxury H8588 is not fitting H5000 for a fool H3684;
Much H637 H3588 less H637 for a slave H5650 to rule H4910 over princes H8269.
Pro 19:11
A man’s H120 insight H7922 makes H748 him slow H748 to anger H639,
And it is his honor H8597 to overlook H5674 a transgression H6588.
Pro 19:12
The king’s H4428 wrath H2197 is like the roaring H5099 of a lion H3715,
But his favor H7522 is like dew H2919 on the grass H6212.
Pro 19:13
A foolish H3684 son H1121 is destruction H1942 to his father H1,
And the contentions H4066 of a wife H802 are a constant H2956 dripping H1812.
Pro 19:14
House H1004 and wealth H1952 are an inheritance H5159 from fathers H1,
But a wife H802 who has insight H7919 is from Yahweh H3068.
Pro 19:15
Laziness H6103 casts H5307 into a deep H8639 sleep H8639,
And a slack-handed H7423 soul H5315 will suffer H7456 hunger H7456.
Pro 19:16
He who keeps H8104 the commandment H4687 keeps H8104 his soul H5315,
But he who despises H959 his way H1870 will die H4191.
Pro 19:17
He who is gracious H2603 to a poor H1800 man H1800 lends H3867 to Yahweh H3068,
And He will repay H7999 him for his bountiful H1576 deed H1576.
Pro 19:18
Discipline H3256 your son H1121 while H3588 there H3426 is H3426 hope H8615,
And do not [fn]direct H5375 your soul H5315 to put him to death H4191.
Pro 19:19
A man of great H1419 wrath H2534 will bear H5375 the penalty H6066,
For if H518 you deliver H5337 him, you will only have to do H3254 it again H3254.
Pro 19:20
Listen H8085 to counsel H6098 and receive H6901 discipline H4148,
That you may be H2449 wise H2449 in [fn]the end H319 of your days.
Pro 19:21
Many H7227 [fn]thoughts H4284 are in a man’s H376 heart H3820,
But it is the counsel H6098 of Yahweh H3068 that will stand H6965.
Pro 19:22
What H8378 is H8378 desirable H8378 in a man H120 is his lovingkindness H2617,
And better H2896 is a poor H7326 man than H4480 a man H376 of falsehood H3577.
Pro 19:23
The [fn]fear H3374 of Yahweh H3068 leads to life H2416,
So that one may sleep H3885 satisfied H7649, not visited H1077 H6485 by evil H7451.
Pro 19:24
The sluggard H6102 buries H2934 his hand H3027 in the dish H6747,
But will not even H1571 bring H7725 it back H7725 to his mouth H6310.
Pro 19:25
Strike H5221 a scoffer H3887 and the simple H6612 may become H6191 prudent H6191,
But reprove H3198 one who has H995 understanding H995 and he will understand H995 knowledge H1847.
Pro 19:26
He who assaults H7703 his father H1 and causes his mother H517 to flee H1272
Is a son H1121 who brings shame H954 and humiliation H2659.
Pro 19:27
Cease H2308 listening H8085, my son H1121, to discipline H4148,
And you will stray H7686 from the words H561 of knowledge H1847.
Pro 19:28
A vile H1100 witness H5707 scoffs H3887 at justice H4941,
And the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 swallows H1104 up iniquity H205.
Pro 19:29
[fn]Judgments H8201 are established H3559 for scoffers H3887,
And beatings H4112 for the back H1460 of fools H3684.
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