One who gets [a]wisdom loves his own soul;
One who keeps understanding will (A)find good.
A (B)false witness will not go unpunished,
And one who declares lies will perish.
10 Luxury is (C)not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a (D)slave to rule over princes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:8 Lit heart

The one who gets wisdom loves life;
    the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.(A)

A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will perish.(B)

10 It is not fitting for a fool(C) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(D)

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