Proverbs 19
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Proverbs 19
1 #
Prov 28.6
Better the poor walking in integrity
than one perverse of speech who is a fool.
2Desire without knowledge is not good,
and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
3 #
Ps 37.7; Prov 11.3 One’s own folly leads to ruin,
yet the heart rages against the Lord.
4 #
Prov 14.20
Wealth brings many friends,
but the poor are left friendless.
5 #
Ex 23.1; Prov 6.19 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and a liar will not escape.
6 #
Prov 29.26
Many seek the favor of the generous,
and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.
7 #
Ps 38.11
If the poor are hated even by their kin,
how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.#19.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
8 #
Prov 16.20
To get wisdom is to love oneself;
to keep understanding is to prosper.
9A false witness will not go unpunished,
and the liar will perish.
10 #
Eccl 10.6, 7 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for a slave to rule over princes.
11 #
Prov 16.32; Jas 1.19 Those with good sense are slow to anger,
and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
12 #
Hos 14.5
A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 #
Prov 10.1; 21.9 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
14 #
Prov 18.22; 2 Cor 12.14 House and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15 #
Prov 6.9; 10.4 Laziness brings on deep sleep;
an idle person will suffer hunger.
16 #
Lk 10.28
Those who keep the commandment will live;
those who are heedless of their ways will die.
17 #
Eccl 11.1; Mt 10.42; 2 Cor 9.6–8; Heb 6.10 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
and will be repaid in full.
18 #
Prov 13.24
Discipline your children while there is hope;
do not set your heart on their destruction.
19A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.#19.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
20 #
Prov 8.33
Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom for the future.
21 #
Ps 33.10, 11; Prov 16.1, 9 The human mind may devise many plans,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
22What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar.
23 #
Ps 25.13; 1 Tim 4.8 The fear of the Lord is life indeed;
filled with it one rests secure
and suffers no harm.
24 #
Prov 26.15
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish
and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
25 #
Prov 21.11
Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.
26Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
27My child, stop ignoring instruction,
straying#19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain from words of knowledge.
28 #
Job 15.16
A worthless witness mocks at justice,
and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
29 #
Prov 10.13
Punishments are prepared for scoffers
and flogging for the backs of fools.
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