Proverbs 19:7-14 New Living Translation (NLT)

7. The relatives of the poor despise them;how much more will their friends avoid them!Though the poor plead with them,their friends are gone.

8. To acquire wisdom is to love yourself;people who cherish understanding will prosper.

9. A false witness will not go unpunished,and a liar will be destroyed.

10. It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxuryor for a slave to rule over princes!

11. Sensible people control their temper;they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.

12. The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar,but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13. A foolish child is a calamity to a father;a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

14. Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,but only the lord can give an understanding wife.

Proverbs 19