PROVERBS CHAPTER 19.
V. 13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father, his mischievous and sinful acts are like stroke upon stroke, they strike his father with a steady beating; and the contentions of a wife, her quarrelsome nagging and brawling, are a continual dropping, like water dropping from the eaves with a steady, maddening monotony.
V. 14. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, it is possible to get into possession of them by the fact of one’s being an heir; and a prudent wife is from the Lord, a special gift of His kindness.
V. 15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, causing a man to sink into stupor and lethargy, sapping the last bit of his energy, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger, that being the result of sloth.
V. 16. He that keepeth the commandment, namely, that of God’s Law, keepeth his own soul, for such conduct is conducive to spiritual life; but he that despiseth his ways, taking no heed to keep them in agreement with the Word of God, shall die, for destruction is the punishment of such disobedience.