Proverbs 19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
We start here seeing that by gaining wisdom, which comes from God, a person learns to love his own soul. If you do not love yourself how can learn to love anyone else? Even better than this is guarding and obeying wisdom understanding to help us to focus on the good things of God. Again in verse 9 we see that a liar will not go unpunished People who witness falsely against others may think they will get away with it but when the truth comes out they will suffer the consequences by some means for the lies they told. Verse 10 tells us that for a fool to acquire riches or power is a mistake because he fails to have the wisdom or knowledge to know how to handle it. Arrogance, conceit, and pride are a by-product of wealth and power and if a servant acquires this he feels he has power to rule over his masters, and we know this is a mistake. These verse tell us if we will gain the wisdom and knowledge of God these other two situations will not be a problem for we will know not to lie or over step our bounds.