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Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Man of Integrity<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The multitude hageth vpo greate men, & euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As for the poore, he is hated amonge all his brethren: yee his owne frendes forsake him, & he that geueth credece vnto wordes, getteth nothinge.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, & he yt speaketh lyes shal perishe.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The kynges disfauor is like ye roaringe of a Lyo, but his fredshpe is like the dewe vpo ye grasse.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Who so kepeth the comaundemet, kepeth his owne soule: but he yt regardeth not his waye, shal dye.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Chaste yi sonne whyle there is hope, but let not yi soule be moued to slaye hi.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For greate wrath bryngeth harme, therfore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurtoure.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne, the ignoraut shal take better hede: & yf thou reprouest one yt hath vnderstondinge, he wil be ye wyser.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He yt hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother, is a shamefull & an vnworthy sonne.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>My sonne, heare nomore the doctrine yt leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstondinge.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>A false wytnes laugheth iudgmet to scorne, & the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Coverdale Bible of 1535<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 18" /></a></div><div 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