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Proverbs 19 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 19
The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life
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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
​​Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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2 ​​Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge,
​​And he sins who hastens with his feet.
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3 ​​The foolishness of a man twists his way,
​​And his heart frets against the LORD.
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4 ​​Wealth makes many friends,
​​But the poor is separated from his friend.
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5 ​​A false witness will not go unpunished,
​​And he who speaks lies will not escape.
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6 ​​Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
​​And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.
7 ​​All the brothers of the poor hate him;
​​How much more do his friends go far from him!
​​He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.
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8 ​​He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
​​He who keeps understanding will find good.
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9 ​​A false witness will not go unpunished,
​​And he who speaks lies shall perish.
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10 ​​Luxury is not fitting for a fool,
​​Much less for a servant to rule over princes.
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11 ​​The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
​​And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
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12 ​​The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
​​But his favor is like dew on the grass.
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13 ​​A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
​​And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
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14 ​​Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
​​But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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15 ​​Laziness casts one into a deep sleep,
​​And an idle person will suffer hunger.
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16 ​​He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
​​But he who is careless[fn] of his ways will die.
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17 ​​He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD,
​​And He will pay back what he has given.
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18 ​​Chasten your son while there is hope,
​​And do not set your heart on his destruction.[fn]
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19 ​​A man of great wrath will suffer punishment;
​​For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
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20 ​​Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
​​That you may be wise in your latter days.
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21 ​​There are many plans in a man’s heart,
​​Nevertheless the LORD’s counsel—that will stand.
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22 ​​What is desired in a man is kindness,
​​And a poor man is better than a liar.
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23 ​​The fear of the LORD leads to life,
​​And he who has it will abide in satisfaction;
​​He will not be visited with evil.
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24 ​​A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl,[fn]
​​And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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25 ​​Strike a scoffer, and the simple will become wary;
​​Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge.
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26 ​​He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
​​Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
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27 ​​Cease listening to instruction, my son,
​​And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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28 ​​A disreputable witness scorns justice,
​​And the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
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29 ​​Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
​​And beatings for the backs of fools.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally despises, figurative of recklessness or carelessness
Literally to put him to death; a Jewish tradition reads on his crying.
Septuagint and Syriac read bosom; Targum and Vulgate read armpit.
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