Proverbs 13

¹³A wise child loves discipline,^q

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;

those who open wide their lips come to ruin.^*

⁴The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing,

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,

but sin overthrows the wicked.^*

⁷Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing;

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,^r

but the lamp of the wicked goes out.^*

¹⁰By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,

but wisdom is with those who take advice.^*

¹¹Wealth hastily gotten^s will dwindle,

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,

but those who respect a command will be rewarded.^*

¹⁴The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,

so that one may avoid the snares of death.^*

¹⁵Good sense wins favor,

but the way of the faithless is their ruin.^t*

¹⁶The clever do all things intelligently,

but the fool displays folly.^*

¹⁷A bad messenger brings trouble,

but a faithful envoy, healing.^*

¹⁸Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,

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,

but the companion of fools suffers harm.^*

²¹Misfortune pursues sinners,

but prosperity rewards the righteous.^*

²²The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,

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

²³The field of the poor may yield much food,

but it is swept away through injustice.^*

²⁴Those who spare the rod hate their children,

but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.^*

²⁵The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite,

but the belly of the wicked is empty.^*