Better Is the Poor That Walketh in His Integrity — Proverbs 19:8–15
PROV 19:8
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.
PROV 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
PROV 19:10
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
PROV 19:11
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
PROV 19:12
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
PROV 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
PROV 19:14
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
PROV 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.