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UST PROV Chapter 19

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19 It is better to be poor and behave honestly

than to speak deceitfully and be foolish.

2 Furthermore, it is very bad for people to be enthusiastic about doing something while not knowing anything about it;

people who act hastily do things wrong.

3 People who act foolishly destroy themselves,

yet they become furious with Yahweh and blame him.

4 Wealthy people easily make many friends,

but when people become poor, they lose even the friends they have.

5 Someone will surely punish lying witnesses.

Indeed, someone will surely punish people who lie easily.

6 A lot of people want royal officials to favor them,

and many people want to be friends with people who give gifts.

7 All the relatives of poor people despise them,

and even their friends avoid them!

Although they call out to them for help, they do not respond.

8 People who love to learn benefit themselves;

people who are consistently sensible will surely succeed.

9 Someone will surely punish lying witnesses.

Indeed, people who lie easily will die.

10 It is wrong for foolish people to live luxuriously,

and it is even worse for slaves to reign over princes!

11 Insightful people do not get angry quickly,

and people show how honorable they are by forgiving people who sin against them.

12 When kings are furious, they frighten people like the roaring of young lions frightens people,

but when they approve of people, it is as refreshing for the people as dew is on plants.

13 Foolish children destroy their fathers,

and when wives argue with their husbands, it is as annoying as constantly dripping water.

14 People inherit houses and riches from their fathers,

but Yahweh alone gives men insightful wives.

15 Lazy people sleep well,

but such idle people are always hungry.

16 People who obey God’s commandments stay alive,

but people who do not care about God’s ways will die.

17 Giving things to poor people is like loaning them to Yahweh;

he will reward anyone who does this.

18 Discipline your children while they are young and you can expect them to learn to live in the right way.

If you do not discipline them, it is as though you want them to die.

19 Very angry people will pay for being angry;

so if you rescue them once from what they must pay, you will have to do that again and again.

20 Pay attention to what people advise you to do and let people teach you.

If you do so, you will become wise for the rest of your life.

21 People plan to do many things,

but only what Yahweh advises will succeed.

22 People want others to consider them to be faithful.

It is better to be poor than to be someone who lies.

23 Revering Yahweh causes people to live for a long time;

such people rest contentedly at night;

nothing will harm them.

24 Some people are so lazy that even though they have put their hands in a dish of food,

they will not even lift the food to their mouths.

25 If you punish people who ridicule others,

then naive people who see you do that will learn to be sensible.

If you correct understanding people,

then they will know even more.

26 Children who act violently toward their fathers and chase away their mothers

are disgraceful and embarrassing.

27 My child, if you want to become stupid,

then stop listening to what people teach you.

28 Worthless witnesses scorn what is just,

and wicked people enjoy acting sinfully as if they were gulping down delicious food.

29 Yahweh is ready to condemn people who ridicule others,

and he is ready to beat fools on their backs.

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