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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 19 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Proverbs 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/18.htm" title="Proverbs 18">◄</a> Proverbs 19 <a href="../proverbs/20.htm" 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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.1" class="v20_19_1">1</span>It is better to be poor but honest than to be a lying fool.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.2" class="v20_19_2">2</span>Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good; impatience will get you into trouble.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.3" class="v20_19_3">3</span>Some people ruin themselves by their own stupid actions and then blame the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.4" class="v20_19_4">4</span>Rich people are always finding new friends, but the poor cannot keep the few they have.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.5" class="v20_19_5">5</span>If you tell lies in court, you will be punished—there will be no escape.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.6" class="v20_19_6">6</span>Everyone tries to gain the favor of important people; everyone claims the friendship of those who give out favors.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.7" class="v20_19_7">7</span>Even the relatives of a poor person have no use for him; no wonder he has no friends. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot win any.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.19.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.8" class="v20_19_8">8</span>Do yourself a favor and learn all you can; then remember what you learn and you will prosper.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.9" class="v20_19_9">9</span>No one who tells lies in court can escape punishment; he is doomed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.10" class="v20_19_10">10</span>Fools should not live in luxury, and slaves should not rule over noblemen.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.11" class="v20_19_11">11</span>If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.12" class="v20_19_12">12</span>The king's anger is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like welcome rain.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.13" class="v20_19_13">13</span>Stupid children can bring their parents to ruin. A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.14" class="v20_19_14">14</span>A man can inherit a house and money from his parents, but only the <span class="nd">Lord</span> can give him a sensible wife.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.15" class="v20_19_15">15</span>Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.16" class="v20_19_16">16</span>Keep God's laws and you will live longer; if you ignore them, you will die.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.17" class="v20_19_17">17</span>When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will pay you back.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.18" class="v20_19_18">18</span>Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn. If you don't, you are helping them destroy themselves.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.19.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_19"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.19" class="v20_19_19">19</span>If someone has a hot temper, let him take the consequences. If you get him out of trouble once, you will have to do it again.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.19.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_20"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.20" class="v20_19_20">20</span>If you listen to advice and are willing to learn, one day you will be wise.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_21"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.21" class="v20_19_21">21</span>People may plan all kinds of things, but the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s will is going to be done.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_22"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.22" class="v20_19_22">22</span>It is a disgrace to be greedy;<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.19.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> poor people are better off than liars.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_23"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.23" class="v20_19_23">23</span>Obey the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and you will live a long life, content and safe from harm.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_24"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.24" class="v20_19_24">24</span>Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_25"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.25" class="v20_19_25">25</span>Arrogance should be punished, so that people who don't know any better can learn a lesson. If you are wise, you will learn when you are corrected.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_26"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.26" class="v20_19_26">26</span>Only a shameful, disgraceful person would mistreat his father or turn his mother away from his home.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_27"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.27" class="v20_19_27">27</span>My child, when you stop learning, you will soon neglect what you already know.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_28"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.28" class="v20_19_28">28</span>There is no justice where a witness is determined to hurt someone. Wicked people love the taste of evil.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_19_29"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.19.29" class="v20_19_29">29</span>A conceited fool is sure to get a beating.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.7: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">No matter … any; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.18: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">If you … themselves; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">But don't punish them so hard that you kill them.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.19: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">get him out … again; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">try to get him out of trouble, you only make things worse.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.22: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">It … greedy; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Loyalty is what is desired in a person.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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