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Proverbs 19:4-13 Modern English Version (MEV)

4. Wealth makes many friends,but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

5. A false witness will not be unpunished,and he who speaks lies will not escape.

6. Many will entreat the favor of the prince,and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

7. All the brothers of the poor hate him;how much more do his friends go far from him!He pursues them with words,yet they abandon him.

8. He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;he who keeps understanding will find good.

9. A false witness will not be unpunished,and he who speaks lies will perish.

10. Delight is not seemly for a fool,much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11. The discretion of a man defers his anger,and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

12. The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion,but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father,and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping of water.

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