Proverbs 19

Daily Proverbs Podcast · May 18, 2020 · 4m

Proverbs 19 New Living Translation (NLT)

19 Better to be poor and honest

than to be dishonest and a fool.

2 Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;

haste makes mistakes.

3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness

and then are angry at the Lord.

4 Wealth makes many "friends";

poverty drives them all away.

5 A false witness will not go unpunished,

nor will a liar escape.

6 Many seek favors from a ruler;

everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!

7 The relatives of the poor despise them;

how much more will their friends avoid them!

Though the poor plead with them,

their friends…