Proverbs 19 - UPDV Updated Bible Version

^19:1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
^19:2 Also, without knowledge the soul is not good; And he who hurries with his feet sins.
^19:3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; And his heart frets against Yahweh.
^19:4 Wealth adds many companions; But the poor is separated from his companion.
^19:5 A false witness will not be unpunished; And he who utters lies will not escape.
^19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a companion to him who gives gifts.
^19:7 All the brothers of the poor hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [them with] words, [but] they are gone.
^19:8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul: He who keeps understanding will find good.
^19:9 A false witness will not be unpunished; And he who utters lies will perish.
^19:10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a slave to have rule over princes.
^19:11 The discretion of man makes him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
^19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew on the grass.
^19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
^19:14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
^19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; And the idle soul will suffer hunger.
^19:16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul; [But] he who is careless of his ways will die.
^19:17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh, And his good deed he will pay him again.
^19:18 Chasten your son, seeing there is hope; And don't set your soul on his destruction.
^19:19 A man of great wrath will bear the penalty; For if you deliver [him], you must do it yet again.
^19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.
^19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Yahweh, that will stand.
^19:22 That which makes man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
^19:23 The fear of Yahweh, [leads] to life And he [who has it] will reside satisfied; He will not be visited with evil.
^19:24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
^19:25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
^19:26 He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
^19:27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.
^19:28 A worthless witness mocks at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
^19:29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

Proverbs, Chapter 19