Welcome to the Daily Audio Proverb. Today is the 19th. I'm Brian Harden from daily audiobibbiblbbl.com,

and it is my privilege to be here today with you as we spend the next five minutes in the

ultimate book of wisdom, the book of Proverbs, pouring this wisdom into the soil of our lives and asking God to yield a crop of wisdom and insight

and everything that we do.

We'll read the 19th chapter of the book of Proverbs today from the Amplified Bible.

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a self-confident fool.

Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be over-hasty is to sin and miss the mark.

The foolishness of man subverts his way, ruins his affairs, then his heart is resentful

and frets against the Lord.

Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor.

A false witness shall not be unpunished,

and he who breathes out lies shall not escape.

Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man,

and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

All the brothers of a poor man detest him.

How much more do his friends go far from him?

He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

He who gains wisdom loves his own life.

He who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good. A false

witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.

Luxury is not fitting for a self-confident fool, much less for a slave to rule over princes. Good sense makes

a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.

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