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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">than a fool whose lips are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Desire without knowledge is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">how much more will hasty feet miss the way!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s own folly leads to their ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">yet their heart rages against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth attracts many friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will not go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many curry favor with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned by all their relatives&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">how much more do their friends avoid them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">Though the poor pursue them with pleading,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">they are nowhere to be found.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The one who gets wisdom loves life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s wisdom yields patience;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">it is to one&#8217;s glory to overlook an offense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s rage is like the roar of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">but his favor is like dew on the grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish child is a father&#8217;s ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">and a quarrelsome wife is like</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">the constant dripping of a leaky roof.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">but a prudent wife is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Laziness brings on deep sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">and the shiftless go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">and he will reward them for what they have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">do not be a willing party to their death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">rescue them, and you will have to do it again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Listen to advice and accept discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">and at the end you will be counted among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Many are the plans in a person&#8217;s heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">but it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s purpose that prevails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What a person desires is unfailing love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Greed is a person&#8217;s shame</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">better to be poor than a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> leads to life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">then one rests content, untouched by trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">he will not even bring it back to his mouth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">is a child who brings shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Stop listening to instruction, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">and you will stray from the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A corrupt witness mocks at justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Penalties are prepared for mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="content">and beatings for the backs of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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