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title="Proverbs 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">It's Wise To Be Patient</h3>1It's better to be poorand live rightthan to be a stupid liar.2Willingness and stupiditydon't go well together.If you are too eager,you will miss the road.3We are ruinedby our own stupidity,though we blame the Lord.4The rich have many friends;the poor have none.5Dishonest witnesses and liarswon't escape punishment.6Everyone tries to be friendsof those who can help them.7If you are poor,your own relatives reject you,and your friends are worse.When you really need them,they are not there.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.19.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 8Do yourself a favorby having good sense—you will be glad you did.9Dishonest witnesses and liarswill be destroyed.10It isn't right for a foolto live in luxuryor for a slave to rulein place of a king.11It's wise to be patientand show what you are likeby forgiving others.12An angry king roarslike a lion,but when a king is pleased,it's like dew on the crops.13Foolish children bring disgraceto their fathers.A nagging wife goes on and onlike the drip, drip, dripof the rain.14You may inherit all you ownfrom your parents,but a sensible wifeis a gift from the Lord.15If you are lazyand sleep your time away,you will starve.16Obey the Lord's teachingsand you will live—disobey and you will die.17Caring for the pooris lending to the Lord,and you will be well repaid.18Correct your childrenbefore it's too late;if you don't punish them,trouble will come their way.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.19.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 19People with bad tempersare always in trouble,and they need helpover and over again.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.19.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 20Pay attention to adviceand accept correction,so you can live sensibly.21We may make a lot of plans,but the Lord will dowhat he has decided.22What matters most is loyalty.It's better to be poorthan to be a liar.23Showing respect to the Lordbrings true life—if you do it, you can relaxwithout fear of danger.24Some people are too lazyto lift a handto feed themselves.25Stupid fools learn good senseby seeing others punished;a sensible person learnsby being corrected.26Disgraceful childrenrob their fatherand chase their mother away.27If you stop learning,you will forgetwhat you already know.28A lying witness makes funof the court system,and criminals think crimeis really delicious.29A stupid fool should expectto be punished.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">When … there: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">if … way: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “but be careful not to punish them too harshly.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and they … again: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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