Proverbs 19:20–29

20  Hear counsel, and receive instruction,

That thou mayest be wise pin thy latter end.

21  qThere are many devices in a man’s heart;

Nevertheless qthe counsel of the Lord, rthat shall stand.

22  The desire of a man is his skindness:

And a poor man is better than a liar.

23  The fear of the Lord tendeth tto life:

And he that hath it shall uabide satisfied;

xHe shall not be visited with evil.

24  yA gslothful man hideth his hand in his zbosom,

And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

25  aSmite a fscorner, and the simple †bwill beware:

And creprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

26  He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother,

Is a dson that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

27  Cease, my son, to hear the instruction

That causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

28  †An ungodly witness scorneth judgment:

And the mouth of the wicked edevoureth iniquity.

29  Judgments are prepared for fscorners,

And gstripes hfor the back of fools.