Proverbs 19

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Better the poor living an honest life than the adept at double-talk who is a fool.	1 Better a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is crooked in his ways and rich.
2 Where knowledge is wanting, zeal is not good; whoever goes too quickly stumbles.	2 Without knowledge even zeal is not good; and he who acts hastily, blunders.
3 Folly leads conduct astray, yet it is against Yahweh that the heart rages.	3 A man's own folly upsets his way, but his heart is resentful against the LORD.
4 Wealth multiplies friends, but the one friend the poor has is taken away.	4 Wealth adds many friends, but the friend of the poor man deserts him.
5 The false witness wil not go unpunished, no one who utters lies wil go free.	5 The false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.
6 The nobleman has many to court his favour, to a giver of gifts, everyone is friend.	6 Many curry favor with a noble; all are friends of the man who has something to give.
7 The poor man's brothers hate him, every one; his friends -- how much the more do these desert him!He goes in search of words, but there are none to be had.	7 All the poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends shun him!
8 Whoever acquires sense wins profit from it, whoever treasures understanding finds happiness.	8 He who gains intelligence is his own best friend; he who keeps understanding will be successful.
9 The false witness wil not go unpunished, whoever utters lies wil be destroyed.	9 The false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, stil less for a slave to govern princes.	10 Luxury is not befitting a fool; much less should a slave rule over princes.
11 Good sense makes for self-control, and for pride in overlooking an offence.	11 It is good sense in a man to be slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 Like the roaring of a lion, the anger of a king, but like dew on the grass his favour.	12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor, like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish child is a disaster for the father, the bickerings of a wife are like an ever-dripping gutter.	13 The foolish son is ruin to his father, and the nagging of a wife is a persistent leak.
14 From fathers comes inheritance of house and wealth, from Yahweh a wife who is discreet.	14 Home and possessions are an inheritance from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Idleness lul s to sleep, the feckless soul wil go hungry.	15 Laziness plunges a man into deep sleep, and the sluggard must go hungry.
16 Keeping the commandment is self-preservation, but whoever despises these ways wil die.	16 He who keeps the precept keeps his life, but the despiser of the word will die.
17 Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to Yahweh who wil repay him the kindness done.	17 He who has compassion on the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.
18 While there is hope for him, chastise your child, but do not get so angry as to kill him.	18 Chastise your son, for in this there is hope; but do not desire his death.
19 The violent lays himself open to a penalty; spare him, and you aggravate his crime.	19 The man of violent temper pays the penalty; even if you rescue him, you will have it to do again.
20 Listen to advice, accept correction, to be the wiser in the time to come.	20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may eventually become wise.
21 Many are the plans in the human heart, but the purpose of Yahweh -- that stands firm.	21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the decision of the LORD that endures.
22 Faithful love is what people look for in a person; they prefer the poor to a liar.	22 From a man's greed comes his shame; rather be a poor man than a liar.
23 The fear of Yahweh leads to life, it brings food and shelter, without fear of evil.	23 The fear of the LORD is an aid to life; one eats and sleeps without being visited by misfortune.
24 Into the dish the idler dips his hand, but bring it back to his mouth he cannot.	24 The sluggard loses his hand in the dish; he will not even lift it to his mouth.
25 Strike a cynic, and simpletons wil be more wary; reprove the intel igent and he wil understand yourmeaning.	25 If you beat an arrogant man, the simple learn a lesson; if you rebuke an intelligent man, he gains knowledge.
26 He who il -treats his father and drives out his mother is a child both worthless and depraved.	26 He who mistreats his father, or drives away his mother, is a worthless and disgraceful son.
27 Give up listening to instruction, my child, if you mean to stray from words of knowledge.	27 If a son ceases to hear instruction, he wanders from words of knowledge.
28 A perjured witness holds the law in scorn; the mouth of the wicked feasts on evil-doing.	28 An unprincipled witness perverts justice, and the mouth of the wicked pours out iniquity.
29 Punishments were made for mockers, and beating for the backs of fools.	29 Rods are prepared for the arrogant, and blows for the backs of fools.