Proverbs 19:7-15 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

7. If you are poor,your own relatives reject you,and your friends are worse.When you really need them,they are not there.

8. Do yourself a favourby having good sense—you will be glad you did.

9. Dishonest witnesses and liarswill be destroyed.

10. It isn't right for a foolto live in luxuryor for a slave to rulein place of a king.

11. It's wise to be patientand show what you are likeby forgiving others.

12. An angry king roarslike a lion,but when a king is pleased,it's like dew on the crops.

13. A foolish son brings disgraceto his father.A nagging wife goes on and onlike the drip, drip, dripof the rain.

14. You may inherit all you ownfrom your parents,but a sensible wifeis a gift from the Lord.

15. If you are lazyand sleep your time away,you will starve.

Proverbs 19