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PROVERBS
19.5
- 8The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
- And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- 9Even one that is slack in his work
- Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
- 10The name of the Lord is a strong tower:
- The righteous runneth into it, and is set up on high.
- 11The rich man's wealth is his strong city,
- And as a high wall in his own conceit.
- 12Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
- And before honour goeth humility.
- 13He that giveth answer before he heareth,
- It is folly and confusion unto him.
- 14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
- But a broken spirit who can bear?
- 15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge;
- And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
- 16A man's gift maketh room for him,
- And bringeth him before great men.
- 17He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just;
- But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.
- 18The lot causeth strife to cease,
- And parteth asunder the contentious.
- 19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city;
- And their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
- 20A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth;
- With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
- 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
- And they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- 22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a great good,
- And obtaineth favour of the Lord.
- 23The poor useth entreaties;
- But the rich answereth impudently.
- 24There are friends that one hath to his own hurt;
- But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- 19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity
- Than he that is perverse in his lips and a fool at the same time.
- 2Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
- And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
- 3The foolishness of man perverteth his way;
- And his heart fretteth against the Lord.
- 4Wealth addeth many friends;
- But as for the poor, his friend separateth himself from him.
- 5A false witness shall not be unpunished;
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