These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 19
Tanakh 29 verses
- 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and a fool at the same time.
- 2 Also, that the be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
- 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way; And his fretteth against .
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Wealth addeth many friends; But as for the poor, his friend separateth himself from him.
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- 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape.
- 6 Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
- 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He that pursueth words, they turn against him.
- 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own ; He that keepeth understanding shall find good.
- 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that breatheth forth lies shall perish.
- 10 Luxury is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a to have rule over princes.
- 11 It is the discretion of a man to be slow to anger, And it is his to pass over a transgression.
- 12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- 14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers; But a prudent wife is from .
- 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle shall suffer hunger.
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He that keepeth the keepeth his ; But he that despiseth His ways shall die.
Cross references (23)
Luke 10:28 Proverbs 16:17 Proverbs 13:13 Luke 11:28 John 14:15 Proverbs 22:5 Proverbs 29:18 1 Corinthians 7:19 Ecclesiastes 12:13 1 John 5:3 1 John 2:3-4 1 John 3:22 John 15:10-14 Proverbs 15:32 Revelation 22:14 Psalm 103:18 Matthew 16:26 Proverbs 21:23 Ezekiel 33:5 John 14:21-23 Ecclesiastes 8:5 Jeremiah 7:23 Proverbs 3:1 - 17 He that is gracious unto the poor lendeth unto ; And his good deed will He repay unto him.
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Chasten thy son, for there is ; But set not thy on his destruction.
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- 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; For if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.
- 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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There are many devices in a man’s ; But the counsel of , that shall stand.
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Proverbs 16:9 Proverbs 16:1 Isaiah 14:24 Psalm 33:10-11 Isaiah 14:26-27 Job 23:13 Ephesians 1:11 Isaiah 46:10 Proverbs 21:30 Acts 5:38-39 Ecclesiastes 7:29 Proverbs 21:1 Proverbs 12:2 Psalm 21:11 Genesis 50:20 Genesis 37:19-20 Jude 1:4 Acts 4:27-28 Daniel 11:24-25 Matthew 26:4-5 Matthew 27:63-64 Esther 9:25 Psalm 83:4 Hebrews 6:17-18 Genesis 45:4-8 Isaiah 7:6-7 Daniel 4:35 1 Peter 2:8 - 22 The lust of a man is his shame; And a poor man is better than a liar.
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The of tendeth to life; And he that hath it shall abide satisfied, He shall not be visited with evil.
Cross references (23)
Matthew 5:6 Hebrews 13:5-6 Proverbs 14:26-27 Proverbs 10:27 Philippians 4:11-12 1 Timothy 4:8 Psalm 90:14 Isaiah 58:10-11 Psalm 145:18-20 Psalm 103:17 1 Timothy 6:6-9 Proverbs 12:21 Psalm 85:9 Psalm 91:16 Psalm 34:9-11 Malachi 4:2 Malachi 3:16-17 2 Timothy 4:18 Acts 9:31 Psalm 25:13 Romans 8:28 Psalm 19:9 Psalm 33:18-19 - 24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it back to his mouth.
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When thou smitest a scorner, the simple will become prudent; And when one that hath understanding is reproved, he will understand knowledge.
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- 26 A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully Will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.
- 27 Cease, my son, to the instruction That causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
- 28 An unElohimly witness mocketh at right; And the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
- 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools.