¹A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,

But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

²From the fruit of a man’s mouth he eats what is good,

But the soul of the treacherous desires violence.

³The one who guards his mouth keeps his soul;

The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

⁴The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,

But the soul of the diligent is enriched.

⁵A righteous man hates a lying word,

But a wicked man acts odiously and is humiliated.

⁶Righteousness guards the one whose way is blameless,[#13:6 Lit blamelessness of way]

But wickedness subverts the sinner.

⁷There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;

Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

⁸The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,

But the poor hears no rebuke.

⁹The light of the righteous is glad,

But the lamp of the wicked goes out.

¹⁰With arrogance comes only quarreling,[#13:10 Lit gives]

But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.

¹¹Wealth obtained from empty effort dwindles,

But the one who gathers with his hand abounds.

¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick,[#13:12 Lit Expectation]

But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

¹³The one who despises the word will be in debt to it,[#13:13 Lit pledged to it]

But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

¹⁴The instruction of the wise is a fountain of life,[#13:14 Or law]

To turn aside from the snares of death.

¹⁵Good insight gives grace,

But the way of the treacherous is unrelenting.

¹⁶Every prudent man acts with knowledge,

But a fool spreads out folly.

¹⁷A wicked messenger falls into evil,

But a faithful envoy brings healing.

¹⁸Poverty and disgrace come to him who neglects discipline,[#13:18 Or instruction]

But he who keeps reproof will be honored.

¹⁹Desire realized is pleasant to the soul,

But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.

²⁰He who walks with the wise will be wise,

But the friend of fools will suffer harm.

²¹Evil pursues sinners,

But the righteous are repaid with good.

²²A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,[#13:22 Lit sons’ sons]

And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

²³Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,

But it is swept away by injustice.

²⁴He who holds back his rod hates his son,[#13:24 Correction, discipline]

But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

²⁵The righteous eats to the satisfaction of his soul,

But the stomach of the wicked lacks.