Proverbs 19:16-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁶ Those who keep the commandment will live;
    those who are heedless of their ways will die.
¹⁷ Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and will be repaid in full.
¹⁸ Discipline your children while there is hope;
    do not set your heart on their destruction.
¹⁹ A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.^[a]
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.
²¹ The human mind may devise many plans,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
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.
²⁴ The lazy person buries a hand in the dish,
    and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
²⁵ Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.