Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Proverbs 19:6-15 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

6. Many people are nice to a generous person. Everyone wants to be friends with someone who gives gifts.

7. If you are poor, your family will turn against you, and your friends will avoid you even more. You might beg them for help, but no one will come to help you.

8. Be a friend to yourself; do all you can to be wise. Try hard to understand, and you will be rewarded.

9. A witness who lies will be punished. That liar will be destroyed.

10. A fool should not be rich, and a slave should not rule over princes.

11. Experience makes you more patient, and you are most patient when you ignore insults.

12. The shouts of an angry king are like a roaring lion, but his kind words are like a gentle rain falling softly on the grass.

13. A foolish son brings a flood of troubles to his father, and a complaining wife is like the constant dripping of water.

14. People receive houses and money from their parents, but a good wife is a gift from the Lord.

15. Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.