It's Wise To Be Patient
1 It's better to be poor
and live right
than to be a stupid liar.
2 Willingness and stupidity
don't go well together.
If you are too eager,
you will miss the road.
3 We are ruined
by our own stupidity,
though we blame the Lord.
4 The rich have many friends;
the poor have none.
5 Dishonest witnesses and liars
won't escape punishment.
6 Everyone tries to be friends
of those who can help them.
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 favor
by having good sense—
you will be glad you did.
9 Dishonest witnesses and liars
will be destroyed.
10 It isn't right for a fool
to live in luxury
or for a slave to rule
in place of a king.
11 It's wise to be patient
and show what you are like
by forgiving others.
12 An angry king roars
like a lion,
but when a king is pleased,
it's like dew on the crops.
13 Foolish children bring disgrace
to their fathers.
A nagging wife goes on and on
like the drip, drip, drip
of the rain.
14 You may inherit all you own
from your parents,
but a sensible wife
is a gift from the Lord.
15 If you are lazy
and sleep your time away,
you will starve.
16 Obey the Lord's teachings
and you will live—
disobey and you will die.
17 Caring for the poor
is lending to the Lord,
and you will be well repaid.
18 Correct your children
before it's too late;
if you don't punish them,
trouble will come their way.
19 People with bad tempers
are always in trouble,
and they need help
over and over again.
20 Pay attention to advice
and accept correction,
so you can live sensibly.
21 We may make a lot of plans,
but the Lord will do
what he has decided.
22 What matters most is loyalty.
It's better to be poor
than to be a liar.
23 Showing respect to the Lord
brings true life—
if you do it, you can relax
without fear of danger.
24 Some people are too lazy
to lift a hand
to feed themselves.
25 Stupid fools learn good sense
by seeing others punished;
a sensible person learns
by being corrected.
26 Disgraceful children
rob their father
and chase their mother away.
27 If you stop learning,
you will forget
what you already know.
28 A lying witness makes fun
of the court system,
and criminals think crime
is really delicious.
29 A stupid fool should expect
to be punished.
1 Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, and is a foole. 2 For without knowledge the minde is not good, and he that hasteth with his feete, sinneth. 3 The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord. 4 Riches gather many friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour. 5 A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape. 6 Many reuerence the face of the prince, and euery man is friend to him that giueth giftes. 7 All the brethren of the poore doe hate him: howe much more will his friends depart farre from him? though hee be instant with wordes, yet they will not. 8 He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse. 9 A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish. 10 Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes. 11 The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence. 12 The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse. 13 A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping. 14 House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord. 15 Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished. 16 He that keepeth the commandement, keepeth his owne soule: but hee that despiseth his wayes, shall dye. 17 He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and the Lord will recompense him that which he hath giuen. 18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring. 19 A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe. 20 Heare counsell and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter ende. 21 Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand. 22 That that is to be desired of a man, is his goodnes, and a poore man is better then a lyer. 23 The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill. 24 The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not put it to his mouth againe. 25 Smite a scorner, and the foolish wil beware: and reproue the prudent, and he wil vnderstand knowledge. 26 He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe. 27 My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge. 28 A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, and the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie. 29 But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.