Proverbs 19

It’s Wise To Be Patient

¹It’s better to be poor

and live right

than to be a stupid liar.

²Willingness and stupidity

don’t go well together.

If you are too eager,

you will miss the road.

³We are ruined

by our own stupidity,

though we blame the LORD.

⁴The rich have many friends;

the poor have none.

⁵Dishonest witnesses and liars

won’t escape punishment.

⁶Everyone tries to be friends

of those who can help them.

⁷If you are poor,

your own relatives reject you,

and your friends are worse.

When you really need them,

they are not there. ^{[a] 8}Do yourself a favor

by having good sense–

you will be glad you did.

⁹Dishonest witnesses and liars

will be destroyed.

¹⁰It isn’t right for a fool

to live in luxury

or for a slave to rule

in place of a king.

¹¹It’s wise to be patient

and show what you are like

by forgiving others.

¹²An angry king roars

like a lion,

but when a king is pleased,

it’s like dew on the crops.

¹³A foolish son brings disgrace

to his father.

A nagging wife goes on and on

like the drip, drip, drip

of the rain.

¹⁴You may inherit all you own

from your parents,

but a sensible wife

is a gift from the LORD.

¹⁵If you are lazy

and sleep your time away,

you will starve.

¹⁶Obey the Lord’s teachings

and you will live–

disobey and you will die.

¹⁷Caring for the poor

is lending to the LORD,

and you will be well repaid.

¹⁸Correct your children

before it’s too late;

if you don’t punish them,

you are destroying them.

¹⁹People with bad tempers

are always in trouble,

and they need help

over and over again. ^{[b] 20}Pay attention to advice

and accept correction,

so you can live sensibly.

²¹We may make a lot of plans,

but the LORD will do

what he has decided.

²²What matters most is loyalty.

It’s better to be poor

than to be a liar.

²³Showing respect to the LORD

brings true life–

if you do it, you can relax

without fear of danger.

²⁴Some people are too lazy

to lift a hand

to feed themselves.

²⁵Stupid fools learn good sense

by seeing others punished;

a sensible person learns

by being corrected.

²⁶Children who bring disgrace

rob their father

and chase their mother away.

²⁷If you stop learning,

you will forget

what you already know.

²⁸A lying witness makes fun

of the court system,

and criminals think crime

is really delicious.

²⁹Every stupid fool

is just waiting

to be punished.

NAME ONE JAMAICAN DISH WITHOUT REPEATING WHAT THE LAST PERSON SAID….. NOW WE WILL SEE HOW MANY DISHES WE REALLY HAVE AND HOW MUCH OF THEM WE KNOW