Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 13

¹A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, But a scoffer shall not listen to rebuke.

²From the fruit of the mouth a man eats the good, But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

³He who watches over his mouth guards his being, But he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

⁴The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.

⁵A righteous one hates a lying word, But a wrong man is loathsome and comes to shame.

⁶Righteousness watches over him who is perfect in the way, But wrongness overthrows the sinner.

⁷There is one who makes himself rich, Yet has none at all. And one who makes himself poor, Yet has great riches.

⁸The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke.

⁹The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wrong is put out.

¹⁰By pride comes only strife, But wisdom is with those who take advice.

¹¹Wealth from vanity diminishes, But he who gathers by hand increases.

¹²Expectancy drawn out makes the heart sick, But a longing come true is a tree of life.

¹³He who despises the Word is destroyed, But he who fears the command is rewarded.

¹⁴The Torah of the wise is a fountain of life, Turning one away from the snares of death.

¹⁵Good understanding gains favour, But the way of the treacherous is hard.

¹⁶Every one with insight acts with knowledge, But a fool spreads folly.

¹⁷A messenger that is wrong falls into evil, But a trustworthy envoy is a healing.

¹⁸Poverty and shame are for him Who ignores discipline, But he who heeds reproof is esteemed.

¹⁹A desire accomplished is sweet to the being, But to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

²⁰He who walks with the wise, shall be wise, But the companion of fools suffers evil.

²¹Evil pursues sinners, But good is repaid to the righteous.

²²A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

²³Much food is in the tillable ground of the poor, But lack of right-ruling sweeps it away.

²⁴He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him, seeks him with discipline.

²⁵The righteous eats to the satisfying of his being, But the stomach of the wrong is lacking.