Proverbs 19
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1Better a poor person who lives with integrity#Ps 26:11; 37:16; Pr 10:9; 14:2; 20:7; 28:6
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
2Even zeal is not good without knowledge,#Rm 10:2
and the one who acts hastily#19:2 Lit who is hasty with feet sins.#Pr 21:5; 28:20; 29:20
3A person’s own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.#Is 8:21
4Wealth attracts many friends,#Pr 14:20; 19:6
but a poor person is separated from his friend.
5A false witness will not go unpunished,#Dt 19:16–19; Pr 19:9; 21:28
and one who utters lies will not escape.#Pr 6:19
6Many seek a ruler’s favor,#Pr 29:26
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.#Pr 14:20; 17:8; 19:4
7All the brothers of a poor person hate him;#Ps 38:11
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,#Pr 18:23
but they are not there.#19:7 Hb uncertain
8The one who acquires good sense#19:8 Lit acquires a heart loves himself;
one who safeguards understanding finds success.#Pr 16:20
9A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.#Pr 19:5; 21:28
10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool#Pr 17:7; 26:1 —
how much less for a slave to rule over princes!#Pr 30:22; Ec 10:6–7
11A person’s insight gives him patience,#Pr 14:29
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.#Pr 11:13; 17:9
12A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion,#Pr 16:14
but his favor is like dew on the grass.#Ps 133:3; Pr 20:2; 28:15; Hs 14:5; Mc 5:7
13A foolish son is his father’s ruin,#Pr 10:1; 17:25; 28:7
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.#Pr 21:9,19; 27:15
14A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,#2Co 12:14
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.#Pr 6:9–11; 10:4; 13:4; 21:25
16The one who keeps commands preserves himself;#Lk 10:28
one who disregards#19:16 Or despises, or treats lightly his ways will die.#Pr 3:1–2; 4:4; 13:13
17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,#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
and he will give a reward to the lender.#19:17 Lit to him#Lk 6:38
18Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t set your heart on being the cause of his death.#19:18 Lit don’t lift up your soul to his death#Pr 13:24; 23:13–14; 29:17
19A person with intense anger bears the penalty;
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.#Pr 22:24–25; 29:22
20Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.#19:20 Lit in your end#Pr 12:1; 15:5,31–32
21Many plans are in a person’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.#Ps 33:10–11; Pr 16:1,9,33; 21:31; Is 14:26–27
22What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;
better to be a poor person than a liar.#Pr 19:1; 28:6
23The fear of the Lord leads to life;
one will sleep at night#19:23 Lit will spend the night satisfied without danger.#Pr 14:26–27
24The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth!#Pr 12:27; 20:4; 26:14–15
25Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;#Pr 21:11
rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.#Pr 9:8
26The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
27If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28A worthless witness mocks justice,
and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.#Jb 15:16; 34:7
29Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.#Pr 10:13; 18:6; 26:3
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Proverbs 19
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1 # ch. 28:6 Better is a poor person who #ch. 14:2; 20:7; Ps. 26:1, 11walks in his integrity
than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
2Desire#19:2 Or A soul without knowledge is not good,
and whoever #[ch. 21:5; 28:20; 29:20]makes haste with his feet misses his way.
3When a man’s folly #[ch. 11:3] brings his way to ruin,
his heart #[Ps. 37:7; Isa. 8:21; Rev. 16:11]rages against the Lord.
4 # ch. 14:20 Wealth brings many new friends,
# ch. 14:20 but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
5 # [ch. 12:19; 21:28]; See Deut. 19:16-19 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who #See ch. 6:19breathes out lies will not escape.
6Many seek the favor of a generous man,#19:6 Or of a noble
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives #See ch. 17:8gifts.
7 # [ver. 4] All a poor man’s brothers hate him;
# [Ps. 38:11] how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.#19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain
8 # [ch. 15:32] Whoever gets sense loves his own soul;
he who keeps understanding will #ch. 16:20discover good.
9 # [See ver. 5 above] A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who #[See ver. 5 above]breathes out lies will perish.
10 # [ch. 17:7; 26:1] It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for #ch. 30:22; Eccles. 10:6, 7a slave to rule over princes.
11 # See ch. 14:29 Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
12A king’s wrath is like #ch. 20:2; [ch. 16:14, 15; 28:15] the growling of a lion,
but his #ch. 14:35 favor is like #Ps. 133:3; Hos. 14:5; Mic. 5:7dew on the grass.
13 # ch. 10:1; 17:21 A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and #See ch. 21:9 a wife’s quarreling is #ch. 27:15a continual dripping of rain.
14 # [2 Cor. 12:14] House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is #ch. 18:22from the Lord.
15 # See ch. 6:9-11 Slothfulness casts into #Job 4:13 a deep sleep,
and #[ch. 10:4; 20:4, 13; 23:21]an idle person will suffer hunger.
16Whoever #[ch. 13:13; Luke 10:28]keeps the commandment keeps his life;
he who despises his ways will die.
17 # [ch. 22:9; 28:27; Eccles. 11:1; Matt. 10:42; Heb. 6:10]; See Deut. 15:7-10; Matt. 25:40; 2 Cor. 9:6-8 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he #[Luke 6:38] will repay him for his #See ch. 12:14deed.
18 # See ch. 13:24 Discipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on #[ch. 23:13]; See Deut. 21:18-21putting him to death.
19A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,
for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
20Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in #Ps. 37:37the future.
21 #
Ps. 33:10, 11 Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but #Job 23:13; Isa. 14:26, 27 it is the purpose of the Lord #Isa. 46:10that will stand.
22What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
23The fear of the Lord #ch. 10:16; 11:19; [Isa. 38:5; Mark 10:30] leads to life,
and whoever has it rests #[Ps. 25:13] satisfied;
he will #[Lev. 26:6]not be visited by harm.
24 # ch. 26:15; [ch. 15:19; 20:4] The sluggard buries his hand in #[Matt. 26:23; Mark 14:20]the dish
and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
25 # ch. 21:11 Strike #See Ps. 1:1 a scoffer, and the simple will #See Deut. 13:6-11 learn prudence;
# [ch. 9:8] reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
26He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
is #ch. 10:5; 17:2a son who brings shame and reproach.
27Cease to hear instruction, my son,
# [2 Pet. 2:21] and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28A worthless witness mocks at justice,
and the mouth of the wicked #Job 15:16; [ch. 18:8; Job 34:7]devours iniquity.
29Condemnation is ready for #[See ver. 25 above] scoffers,
and #ch. 10:13; 18:6; 26:3beating for the backs of fools.
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