### Douay Rheims Bible

Proverbs 18

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 19
#### 1 | Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips, and unwise.
#### 2 | Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.
#### 3 | The folly of a man supplanteth his seeps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.
#### 4 | Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.
#### 5 | A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
#### 6 | Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.
#### 7 | The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing.
#### 8 | But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things.
#### 9 | A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.
#### 10 | Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.
#### 11 | The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.
#### 12 | As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
#### 13 | A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
#### 14 | House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.
#### 15 | Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
#### 16 | He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.
#### 17 | He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
#### 18 | Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.
#### 19 | He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and when he shall take away he shall add another thing.
#### 20 | Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end.
#### 21 | There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.
#### 22 | A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
#### 23 | The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in fulness without being visited with evil.
#### 24 | The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
#### 25 | The wicked man being; scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man he will understand discipline.
#### 26 | He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.
#### 27 | Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
#### 28 | An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
#### 29 | Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the bodies of fools.

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