Proverbs 19:22-29

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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.
²⁶ Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
    are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
²⁷ Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge,
    in order that you may hear instruction.
²⁸ A worthless witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
²⁹ Condemnation is ready for scoffers,
    and flogging for the backs of fools.