Words of the Father to My sons

Death and life are in the power of the tongue:

and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing,

and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:

and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,

than he that is perverse in his lips,

and is a fool.

Also,

that the soul be without knowledge,

it is not good;

and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

The foolishness of man perverteth his way:

and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

A false witness shall not be unpunished,

and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Many will entreat the favour of the prince:

and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him:

how much more do his friends go far from him?

he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:

he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

A false witness shall not be unpunished,

and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger;

and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion;

but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father:

and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

House - and riches are the inheritance of fathers:

and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;

and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;

but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord;

and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Chasten thy son while there is hope,

and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment:

for if thou deliver him,

yet thou must do it again./

ISamuelYea