19 Better the poor walking in integrity
    than one perverse of speech who is a fool.^(A)
2 Desire without knowledge is not good,
    and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
³ One’s own folly leads to ruin,
    yet the heart rages against the Lord.^(B)
4 Wealth brings many friends,
    but the poor are left friendless.^(C)
5 A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and a liar will not escape.^(D)
6 Many seek the favor of the generous,
    and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.^(E)
7 If the poor are hated even by their kin,
    how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.^[a](F)
8 To get wisdom is to love oneself;
    to keep understanding is to prosper.^(G)
9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and the liar will perish.
¹⁰ It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
    much less for a slave to rule over princes.^(H)
11 Those with good sense are slow to anger,
    and it is their glory to overlook an offense.^(I)
12 A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.^(J)
13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.^(K)
14 House and wealth are inherited from parents,
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.^(L)
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep;
    an idle person will suffer hunger.^(M)
16 Those who keep the commandment will live;
    those who are heedless of their ways will die.^(N)
17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord
    and will be repaid in full.^(O)
18 Discipline your children while there is hope;
    do not set your heart on their destruction.^(P)
19 A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.^[b]
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.^(Q)
21 The human mind may devise many plans,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.^(R)
22 What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
    and it is better to be poor than a liar.
²³ The fear of the Lord is life indeed;
    filled with it one rests secure
    and suffers no harm.^(S)
24 The lazy person buries a hand in the dish
    and will not even bring it back to the mouth.^(T)
25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.^(U)
26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
    are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
²⁷ My child, stop ignoring instruction,
    straying^[c] from words of knowledge.
²⁸ A worthless witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.^(V)
29 Punishments are prepared for scoffers
    and flogging for the backs of fools.^(W)