19:1
Better the poor living an honest life than the adept at double-talk who is a fool.
19:2
Where knowledge is wanting, zeal is not good; whoever goes too quickly stumbles.
19:3
Folly leads conduct astray, yet it is against Yahweh that the heart rages.
19:4
Wealth multiplies friends, but the one friend the poor has is taken away.
19:5
The false witness will not go unpunished, no one who utters lies will go free.
19:6
The nobleman has many to court his favour, to a giver of gifts, everyone is friend.
19:7
The poor man's brothers hate him, every one; his friends -- how much the more do these desert him! He goes in search of words, but there are none to be had.
19:8
Whoever acquires sense wins profit from it, whoever treasures understanding finds happiness.
19:9
The false witness will not go unpunished, whoever utters lies will be destroyed.
19:10
It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, still less for a slave to govern princes.
19:11
Good sense makes for self-control, and for pride in overlooking an offence.
19:12
Like the roaring of a lion, the anger of a king, but like dew on the grass his favour.
19:13
A foolish child is a disaster for the father, the bickerings of a wife are like an ever-dripping gutter.
19:14
From fathers comes inheritance of house and wealth, from Yahweh a wife who is discreet.
19:15
Idleness lulls to sleep, the feckless soul will go hungry.
19:16
Keeping the commandment is self-preservation, but whoever despises these ways will die.
19:17
Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to Yahweh who will repay him the kindness done.
19:18
While there is hope for him, chastise your child, but do not get so angry as to kill him.
19:19
The violent lays himself open to a penalty; spare him, and you aggravate his crime.
19:20
Listen to advice, accept correction, to be the wiser in the time to come.
19:21
Many are the plans in the human heart, but the purpose of Yahweh -- that stands firm.
19:22
Faithful love is what people look for in a person; they prefer the poor to a liar.
19:23
The fear of Yahweh leads to life, it brings food and shelter, without fear of evil.
19:24
Into the dish the idler dips his hand, but bring it back to his mouth he cannot.
19:25
Strike a cynic, and simpletons will be more wary; reprove the intelligent and he will understand your meaning.
19:26
He who ill-treats his father and drives out his mother is a child both worthless and depraved.
19:27
Give up listening to instruction, my child, if you mean to stray from words of knowledge.
19:28
A perjured witness holds the law in scorn; the mouth of the wicked feasts on evil-doing.
19:29
Punishments were made for mockers, and beating for the backs of fools.
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