# Proverbs 19

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/19

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Better a poor man who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his lips who is a fool.
2. Even desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever hastens with his feet sins.
3. A man's folly twists his path, and his heart rages against Yahweh.
4. Riches make friends abound, but the poor is separated from his friend.
5. A false witness will not be cleared, nor will one who breathes out lies escape.
6. Many seek a noble's favor, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7. All a poor man's brothers hate him—how much more do his friends stay far from him! He pursues them with words, yet they are not there for him.
8. Whoever gains sense loves his own life; whoever guards understanding finds good.
9. A false witness will not go free, and whoever breathes lies will perish.
10. Delight does not befit a fool, much less rule over princes for a servant.
11. A man's discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
12. A king's wrath is like a lion's roaring, but his favor like dew on the grass.
13. A foolish son is calamity to his father, and a wife's quarrels a constant drip.
14. Household and riches are fathers' inheritance, but an instructed woman is from Yahweh.
15. Slothfulness casts into deep sleep, and a slack soul hungers.
16. Whoever guards the commandment guards his life, but whoever scorns his ways dies.
17. One who shows favor to the poor lends to Yahweh, and he will repay his recompense to him.
18. Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not lift your soul to his death.
19. A man of great anger bears punishment, because if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
20. Listen to advice and accept discipline, so you become wise in your latter days.
21. Many plans fill a man's heart, but Yahweh's counsel will stand.
22. A man's kindness is desirable; a poor man is better than a liar.
23. The fear of Yahweh leads to life, and he dwells satisfied; he is not visited with evil.
24. The sluggard hides his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he does not bring it back.
25. Strike a mocker, and the naive will become shrewd; rebuke the discerning, and he will understand knowledge.
26. Whoever plunders his father and drives his mother away is a son who causes shame and disgrace.
27. My son, cease heeding instruction that leads to straying from words of knowledge.
28. A worthless witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
29. Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 18](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/18.md)
[Proverbs 20](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/20.md)

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