Top Verses from Proverbs 19  

Many are the plans in a human heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. (NIV)

Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. [Job 23:13; Ps. 33:10, 11; Isa. 14:26, 27; 46:10; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17.] (AMP)

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. (KJV)

What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. (NIV)

That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar. (AMP)

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. (KJV)

The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble. (NIV)

The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil. [Job 5:19; Ps. 91:3; Prov. 12:13; Isa. 46:4; Jer. 1:8; Dan. 6:27; II Tim. 4:8.] (AMP)

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. (KJV)

Sluggards bury their hands in the dish and will not even bring them back to their mouths! (NIV)

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. (AMP)

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. (KJV)

Stop listening to instruction, my child, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. (NIV)

Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge. (AMP)

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. (KJV)

A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil. (NIV)

A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. (AMP)

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. (KJV)

Those who are kind to the poor lend to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. (NIV)

He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him. [Prov. 28:27; Eccl. 11:1; Matt. 10:42; 25:40; II Cor. 9:6-8; Heb. 6:10.] (AMP)

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. (KJV)

A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense. (NIV)

Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. (AMP)

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (KJV)

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. (NIV)

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. (AMP)

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (KJV)

Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death. (NIV)

Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin. (AMP)

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. (KJV)