2.7 KiB
Chapter 19
- Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and a fool.
- Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;
haste makes mistakes.
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People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD.
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Wealth makes many "friends";
poverty drives them all away.
- A false witness will not go unpunished,
nor will a liar escape.
- Many seek favors from a ruler;
everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!
- The relatives of the poor despise them;
how much more will their friends avoid them! Though the poor plead with them,
their friends are gone.
- To acquire wisdom is to love yourself;
people who cherish understanding will prosper.
- A false witness will not go unpunished,
and a liar will be destroyed.
- It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury
or for a slave to rule over princes!
- Sensible people control their temper;
they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.
- The king's anger is like a lion's roar,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- A foolish child is a calamity to a father;
a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
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Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the LORD can give an understanding wife.
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Lazy people sleep soundly,
but idleness leaves them hungry.
- Keep the commandments and keep your life;
despising them leads to death.
- If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD--
and he will repay you!
- Discipline your children while there is hope.
Otherwise you will ruin their lives.
- Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty.
If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again.
- Get all the advice and instruction you can,
so you will be wise the rest of your life.
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You can make many plans, but the LORD's purpose will prevail.
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Loyalty makes a person attractive.
It is better to be poor than dishonest.
- Fear of the LORD leads to life,
bringing security and protection from harm.
- Lazy people take food in their hand
but don't even lift it to their mouth.
- If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;
if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
- Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother
are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
- If you stop listening to instruction, my child,
you will turn your back on knowledge.
- A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice;
the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
- Punishment is made for mockers,
and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.