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Proverbs 19:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. "

Proverbs 19:8

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6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

7 All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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Those are here encouraged who work hard to get wisdom, knowledge, grace, and a true knowledge of God. When people do that, they show that they love their own souls, and they do themselves the greatest kindness possible. No one ever hated his own body, but loves it. Yet many fail to truly love their own souls, because only those who get wisdom, true wisdom, really love their souls and therefore love themselves rightly.

Those are also encouraged who take care to keep wisdom after they have gained it. Wisdom is like health, wealth, honor, and everything good for the soul. So the one who keeps understanding shows that he loves his own soul, and he will surely find good, every kind of good. Whoever holds on to the good lessons he has learned and lives by them will find their benefit and comfort in his own soul, and will be happy here and forever.

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Ecclesiastes 2:26

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"For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind."

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Proverbs 19:1

"Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool."

Proverbs 19:2

"It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way."

Proverbs 19:3

"The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD."

Proverbs 19:4

"Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend."

Proverbs 19:5

"A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free."

Proverbs 19:6

"Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts."

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