Proverb 19

Proverbs 19 (Amplified Bible)

Proverbs 19

 ¹BETTER IS a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool.     ²Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark.
    ³The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful and frets against the Lord.
    ⁴Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor.^{(A)
    5}A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape.^{(B)
    6}Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
    ⁷All the brothers of a poor man detest him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
    ⁸He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good.
    ⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.
    ¹⁰Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool--much less for a slave to rule over princes.
    ¹¹Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.
    ¹²The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass.^{(C)
    13}A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].
    ¹⁴House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord.^{(D)
    15}Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.
    ¹⁶He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die.^{(E)
    17}He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him.^{(F)
    18}Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.
    ¹⁹A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again.
    ²⁰Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.
    ²¹Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand.^{(G)
    22}That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar.
    ²³The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil.^{(H)
    24}The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
    ²⁵Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.
    ²⁶He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
    ²⁷Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge.
    ²⁸A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
    ²⁹Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools.⁽