LEB PRO chapter 19

LEB PRO Chapter 19

than one who is perverse[fn] and is a fool.
2 [fn] without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with his feet[fn]
3  and against Yahweh his heart[fn] will rage.
4  but the poor will be left by his friends.
5  and he who breathes lies will not escape.
6  and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.[fn]
7 if they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him.
He pursues them with words, and they are gone.[fn]
8 [fn] he who guards understanding loves to find good.
9  and he who breathes lies will perish.
10  any more than it is for a slave to rule over princes.
11 [fn] and his glory overlooks offense.
12  but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13  and the quarreling of a woman[fn] is a continuous dripping.
14 are an inheritance from fathers, but from Yahweh comes a woman[fn] who is prudent.
15 and a person[fn] of idleness will suffer hunger.
16 [fn] he who is careless of his ways will be killed.
17 is he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.
18  but on his destruction do not set your desire.[fn]
19  if you rescue him, you will do it yet again.
20 to advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your[fn]
21 are in the heart[fn] of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.
22 is his steadfast loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a[fn]
23 leads to life; he who is filled with it will rest—he will not suffer harm.
24  and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
25  and reprove the intelligent and he will gain knowledge.
26  is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 [fn] from sayings of knowledge.
28  and the mouth of the wicked will devour iniquity.
29 [fn] are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

19:? Literally “in his lips”

19:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

19:? Or “sins”

19:? Or “mind”

19:? Hebrew “gift”

19:? Or “when he pursues words and not them”

19:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

19:? Literally “nostril”

19:? Or “wife”

19:? Or “soul,” or “life”

19:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

19:? Literally “after things”

19:? Or “mind”

19:? Literally “man of lying”

19:? Literally “in order to stray”

19:? Or “Punishments,” or “Condemnations”