19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity
Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
² Also, ^[a]that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
And he that hasteth with his feet ^[b]sinneth.
³ The foolishness of man subverteth his way;
And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
⁴ Wealth addeth many friends;
But ^[c]the poor is separated from his friend.
⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished;
And he that ^[d]uttereth lies shall not escape.
⁶ Many will entreat the favor of ^[e]the liberal man;
And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
⁷ All the brethren of the poor do hate him:
How much more do his friends go far from him!
^[f]He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.
⁸ He that getteth ^[g]wisdom loveth his own soul:
He that keepeth understanding shall find good.
⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished;
And he that ^[h]uttereth lies shall perish.
¹⁰ Delicate living is not seemly for a fool;
Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
¹¹ The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;
And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
¹² The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion;
But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father;
And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
¹⁴ House and riches are an inheritance from fathers;
But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;
And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
¹⁶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul;
But he that ^[i]is careless of his ways shall die.
¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay him again.
¹⁸ Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;
And set not thy heart on ^[j]his destruction.
¹⁹ A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty;
For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.
²⁰ Hear counsel, and receive ^[k]instruction,
That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
²¹ There are many devices in a man’s heart;
But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
²² That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;
And a poor man is better than a liar.
²³ The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life;
And he that hath it shall abide satisfied;
He shall not be visited with evil.
²⁴ The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
²⁵ Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
²⁶ He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother,
Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
²⁷ Cease, my son, to hear instruction
Only to err from the words of knowledge.
²⁸ A worthless witness mocketh at justice;
And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And stripes for the back of fools.