Orthodox Jewish Bible

Mishle 19:1-6 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

1. Better is the poor that walketh in his tohm (integrity, guilelessness), than he that is perverse in his sfatayim (lips), and is a kesil (fool).

2. Also, that the nefesh (desire) be without da'as, it is not tov, and he that hasteth with his raglayim (feet) sinneth.

3. The folly of adam maketh his derech crooked, yet his lev rages against Hashem.

4. Wealth maketh many friends, but the dal (poor) is separated from his re'a (neighbor).

5. An ed shekarim (false witness) shall not go unpunished, and he that speaketh kezavim (lies) shall not escape.

6. Rabbim (many) will entreat the favor of the ruler, and every ish is the re'a (friend) to him that giveth mattan (gifts).