Proverbs, starting at chapter 19
{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} It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge;
nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
{19:3} The foolishness of man subverts his way;
his heart rages against the LORD.
{19:4} Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
{19:5} A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who pours out lies shall not go free.
{19:6} Many will entreat the favor of a ruler,
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
{19:7} All the relatives of the poor shun him:
how much more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
{19:8} He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.
He who keeps understanding shall find good.
{19:9} A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who utters lies shall perish.
{19:10} Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
{19:11} The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
{19:12} The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
{19:13} A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
{19:14} House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
{19:15} Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.
The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
{19:16} He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
{19:17} He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD;
he will reward him.
{19:18} Discipline your son, for there is hope;
don't be a willing party to his death.
{19:19} A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,
for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
{19:20} Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
that you may be wise in your latter end.
{19:21} There are many plans in a man's heart,
but the LORD's counsel will prevail.
{19:22} That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness.
A poor man is better than a liar.
{19:23} The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment;
he rests and will not be touched by trouble.
{19:24} The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
{19:25} Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
{19:26} He who robs his father and drives away his mother,
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
{19:27} If you stop listening to instruction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
{19:28} A corrupt witness mocks justice,
and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
{19:29} Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.
{20:1} Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler.
Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
{20:2} The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
{20:3} It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;
but every fool will be quarreling.
{20:4} The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
{20:5} Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
{20:6} Many men claim to be men of unfailing love,
but who can find a faithful man?
{20:7} A righteous man walks in integrity.
Blessed are his children after him.
{20:8} A king who sits on the throne of judgment
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
{20:9} Who can say, "I have made my heart pure.
I am clean and without sin?"
{20:10} Differing weights and differing measures,
both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
{20:11} Even a child makes himself known by his doings,
whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
{20:12} The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
The LORD has made even both of them.
{20:13} Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
{20:14} "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
{20:15} There is gold and abundance of rubies;
but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
{20:16} Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
{20:17} Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,
but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
{20:18} Plans are established by advice;
by wise guidance you wage war!
{20:19} He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
{20:20} Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
{20:21} An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning,
won't be blessed in the end.
{20:22} Don't say, "I will pay back evil."
Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
{20:23} The LORD detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
{20:24} A man's steps are from the LORD;
how then can man understand his way?
{20:25} It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication,
then later to consider his vows.
{20:26} A wise king winnows out the wicked,
and drives the threshing wheel over them.
{20:27} The spirit of man is the LORD's lamp,
searching all his innermost parts.
{20:28} Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.
His throne is sustained by love.
{20:29} The glory of young men is their strength.
The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
{20:30} Wounding blows cleanse away evil,
and beatings purge the innermost parts.
{21:1} The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses.
He turns it wherever he desires.
{21:2} Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the LORD weighs the hearts.
{21:3} To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
{21:4} A high look, and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
{21:5} The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;
and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
{21:6} Getting treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
{21:7} The violence of the wicked will drive them away,
because they refuse to do what is right.
{21:8} The way of the guilty is devious,
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
{21:9} It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
than to share a house with a contentious woman.
{21:10} The soul of the wicked desires evil;
his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
{21:11} When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom.
When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
{21:12} The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked,
and brings the wicked to ruin.
{21:13} Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,
he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
{21:14} A gift in secret pacifies anger;
and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
{21:15} It is joy to the righteous to do justice;
but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
{21:16} The man who wanders out of the way of understanding
shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
{21:17} He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man.
He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
{21:18} The wicked is a ransom for the righteous;
the treacherous for the upright.
{21:19} It is better to dwell in a desert land,
than with a contentious and fretful woman.
{21:20} There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
but a foolish man swallows it up.
{21:21} He who follows after righteousness and kindness
finds life, righteousness, and honor.
{21:22} A wise man scales the city of the mighty,
and brings down the strength of its confidence.
{21:23} Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps his soul from troubles.
{21:24} The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name;
he works in the arrogance of pride.
{21:25} The desire of the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
{21:26} There are those who covet greedily all day long;
but the righteous give and don't withhold.
{21:27} The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination:
how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
{21:28} A false witness will perish,
and a man who listens speaks to eternity.
{21:29} A wicked man hardens his face;
but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
{21:30} There is no wisdom nor understanding
nor counsel against the LORD.
{21:31} The horse is prepared for the day of battle;
but victory is with the LORD.
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