19 Better a poor person who lives with integrity(A)
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
2 Even zeal is not good without knowledge,(B)
and the one who acts hastily sins.(C)
3 A person’s own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.(D)
4 Wealth attracts many friends,(E)
but a poor person is separated from his friend.
5 A false witness will not go unpunished,(F)
and one who utters lies will not escape.(G)
6 Many seek a ruler’s favor,(H)
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.(I)
7 All the brothers of a poor person hate him;(J)
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,(K)
but they are not there.
8 The one who acquires good sense loves himself;
one who safeguards understanding finds success.(L)
9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.(M)
10 Luxury is not appropriate for a fool(N)—
how much less for a slave to rule over princes!(O)
11 A person’s insight gives him patience,(P)
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.(Q)
12 A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion,(R)
but his favor is like dew on the grass.(S)
13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin,(T)
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.(U)
14 A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,(V)
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15 Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.(W)
16 The one who keeps commands preserves himself;(X)
one who disregards his ways will die.(Y)
17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,(Z)
and he will give a reward to the lender.(AA)
18 Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t set your heart on being the cause of his death.(AB)
19 A person with intense anger bears the penalty;
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.(AC)
20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.(AD)
21 Many plans are in a person’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.(AE)
22 What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;
better to be a poor person than a liar.(AF)
23 The fear of the Lord leads to life;
one will sleep at night without danger.(AG)
24 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth!(AH)
25 Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;(AI)
rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.(AJ)
26 The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
27 If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness mocks justice,
and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.(AK)
29 Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.(AL)
Footnotes
- 19:2
- 19:7
- 19:8
- 19:16
- 19:17
- 19:18
- 19:20
- 19:23
Cross references
- 19:1 : Ps 26:11; 37:16; Pr 10:9; 14:2; 20:7; 28:6
- 19:2 : Rm 10:2
- 19:2 : Pr 21:5; 28:20; 29:20
- 19:3 : Is 8:21
- 19:4 : Pr 14:20; 19:6
- 19:5 : Dt 19:16–19; Pr 19:9; 21:28
- 19:5 : Pr 6:19
- 19:6 : Pr 29:26
- 19:6 : Pr 14:20; 17:8; 19:4
- 19:7 : Ps 38:11
- 19:7 : Pr 18:23
- 19:8 : Pr 16:20
- 19:9 : Pr 19:5; 21:28
- 19:10 : Pr 17:7; 26:1
- 19:10 : Pr 30:22; Ec 10:6–7
- 19:11 : Pr 14:29
- 19:11 : Pr 11:13; 17:9
- 19:12 : Pr 16:14
- 19:12 : Ps 133:3; Pr 20:2; 28:15; Hs 14:5; Mc 5:7
- 19:13 : Pr 10:1; 17:25; 28:7
- 19:13 : Pr 21:9,19; 27:15
- 19:14 : 2Co 12:14
- 19:15 : Pr 6:9–11; 10:4; 13:4; 21:25
- 19:16 : Lk 10:28
- 19:16 : Pr 3:1–2; 4:4; 13:13
- 19:17 : Dt 15:7–10; Pr 14:31; 28:27; Ec 11:1–2; Mt 10:42; 25:40; 2Co 9:6–8; Heb 6:10
- 19:17 : Lk 6:38
- 19:18 : Pr 13:24; 23:13–14; 29:17
- 19:19 : Pr 22:24–25; 29:22
- 19:20 : Pr 12:1; 15:5,31–32
- 19:21 : Ps 33:10–11; Pr 16:1,9,33; 21:31; Is 14:26–27
- 19:22 : Pr 19:1; 28:6
- 19:23 : Pr 14:26–27
- 19:24 : Pr 12:27; 20:4; 26:14–15
- 19:25 : Pr 21:11
- 19:25 : Pr 9:8
- 19:28 : Jb 15:16; 34:7
- 19:29 : Pr 10:13; 18:6; 26:3
