Proverbs 13

Proverbs 13

¹A wise child loves discipline,[#Prov 10.1; 15.12; #13.1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father]

but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

²From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things,

but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.

³Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;[#Ps 39.1; Jas 3.2]

those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

⁴The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing,[#Prov 10.4]

while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

⁵The righteous hate falsehood,

but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.

⁶Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,[#Prov 11.3, 5]

but sin overthrows the wicked.

⁷Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing;[#Prov 11.24; Lk 12.20, 21, 33; 2 Cor 6.10]

others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.

⁸Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,

but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

⁹The light of the righteous rejoices,[#Job 18.5; Prov 24.20; #13.9 Or shines]

but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

¹⁰By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,[#Prov 21.24]

but wisdom is with those who take advice.

¹¹Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle,[#v 23 ; Prov 10.2; #13.11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity]

but those who gather little by little will increase it.

¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

¹³Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves,[#2 Chr 36.16]

but those who respect a command will be rewarded.

¹⁴The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,[#Ps 18.5; Prov 10.11]

so that one may avoid the snares of death.

¹⁵Good sense wins favor,[#Prov 21.8]

but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

¹⁶The clever do all things intelligently,[#Prov 12.23; 15.2]

but the fool displays folly.

¹⁷A bad messenger brings trouble,[#Prov 25.13]

but a faithful envoy, healing.

¹⁸Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,[#Prov 15.5, 31, 32]

but one who heeds reproof is honored.

¹⁹A desire realized is sweet to the soul,

but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

²⁰Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,[#Prov 2.19; 15.31]

but the companion of fools suffers harm.

²¹Misfortune pursues sinners,[#Ps 32.10]

but prosperity rewards the righteous.

²²The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,[#Job 27.16, 17; Prov 28.8; Eccl 2.26]

but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

²³The field of the poor may yield much food,[#Prov 12.11]

but it is swept away through injustice.

²⁴Those who spare the rod hate their children,[#Prov 19.18; 22.15; 29.15, 17]

but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.

²⁵The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite,[#Ps 34.10; 37.3]

but the belly of the wicked is empty.