Proverbs 19:1-15

19:1Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
2Even zeal is not good without knowledge,
and the one who acts hastily sins.
3A man's own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.
4Wealth attracts many friends,
but a poor man is separated from his friend.
5A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies will not escape.
6Many seek a ruler's favor,
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.
7All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,
but they are not there.
8The one who acquires good sense loves himself;
one who safeguards understanding finds success.
9A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.
10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool-
how much less for a slave to rule over princes!
11A person's insight gives him patience,
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12A king's rage is like the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13A foolish son is his father's ruin,
and a wife's nagging is an endless dripping.
14A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a sensible wife is from the Lord.
15Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.