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Day 198 of 365

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Proverbs 19-21

Proverbs Chapter 19

¹Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. ²It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way. ³The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD. ⁴Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend. ⁵A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. ⁶Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. ⁷All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. ⁸He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. ⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish. ¹⁰Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. ¹¹The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. ¹²The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. ¹³A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping. ¹⁴House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. ¹⁵Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. ¹⁶He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. ¹⁷He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him. ¹⁸Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death. ¹⁹A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again. ²⁰Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end. ²¹There are many plans in a man’s heart, but the LORD’s counsel will prevail. ²²That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar. ²³The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble. ²⁴The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. ²⁵Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge. ²⁶He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. ²⁷If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. ²⁸A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity. ²⁹Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

1: Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

2: It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way.

3: The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.

4: Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

5: A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

6: Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

7: All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

8: He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

9: A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

10: Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11: The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

12: The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13: A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

14: House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15: Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

16: He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

17: He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.

18: Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

19: A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

20: Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

21: There are many plans in a man’s heart, but the LORD’s counsel will prevail.

22: That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

23: The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

24: The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

25: Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

26: He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

27: If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

28: A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

29: Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs Chapter 20

¹Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. ²The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. ³It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. ⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. ⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. ⁶Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? ⁷A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. ⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. ⁹Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”? ¹⁰Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. ¹¹Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. ¹²The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them. ¹³Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. ¹⁴“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. ¹⁵There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel. ¹⁶Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman. ¹⁷Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. ¹⁸Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war! ¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips. ²⁰Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. ²¹An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end. ²²Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you. ²³The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing. ²⁴A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way? ²⁵It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. ²⁶A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them. ²⁷The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts. ²⁸Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love. ²⁹The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair. ³⁰Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

1: Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2: The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

3: It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

4: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5: Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6: Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

7: A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

8: A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

9: Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?

10: Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

11: Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

12: The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

13: Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

14: “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

15: There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

16: Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

17: Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

18: Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

19: He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

20: Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21: An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.

22: Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

23: The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

24: A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

25: It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

26: A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

27: The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

28: Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

29: The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

30: Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

Proverbs Chapter 21

¹The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. ²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts. ³To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. ⁴A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. ⁵The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. ⁶Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. ⁷The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right. ⁸The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. ⁹It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman. ¹⁰The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. ¹¹When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. ¹²The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin. ¹³Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard. ¹⁴A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. ¹⁵It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. ¹⁶The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits. ¹⁷He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich. ¹⁸The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright. ¹⁹It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman. ²⁰There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up. ²¹He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor. ²²A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence. ²³Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. ²⁴The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride. ²⁵The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. ²⁶There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold. ²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! ²⁸A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity. ²⁹A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways. ³⁰There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. ³¹The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with the LORD.

1: The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

2: Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

3: To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4: A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5: The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

6: Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

7: The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

8: The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9: It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

10: The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

11: When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

12: The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

13: Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

14: A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

15: It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

16: The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

17: He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

18: The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.

19: It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

20: There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up.

21: He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

22: A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

23: Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

24: The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.

25: The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

26: There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

27: The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

28: A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.

29: A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

30: There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

31: The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with the LORD.

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