Jul 18 - Proverbs 19-20
Proverbs
1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.2Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.3When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD.4Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.6Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.7All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.8Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.9A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.10It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.11Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.12A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.13A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.14House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.16Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.17Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.18Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.19A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.20Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.21Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.22What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.26He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.27Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.28A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.29Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.2The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.4The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.5The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.6Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?7The righteous who walks in his integrity--blessed are his children after him!8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.9Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?10Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.11Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.14"Bad, Bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.15There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.16Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.18Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.19Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.21An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.22Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.23Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.24A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?25It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.26A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.27The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.28Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.29The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.30Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.