Proverbs 13 (TRV)

From Textus Receptus

• 1 A wise son heeds to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
• 2 A man shall eat goodness by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors will eat violence.
• 3 He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens his lips wide will have destruction.
• 4 The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be enlarged.
• 5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
• 6 Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
• 7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
• 8 The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor does not hear rebuke.
• 9 The light of the righteous rejoices, but the light of the wicked will be put out.
• 10 By pride comes contention, but with the well advised is wisdom.
• 11 Wealth gained by vanity will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase.
• 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
• 13 He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
• 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
• 15 Good understanding gives favor, but the way of the transgressors is hard.
• 16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.
• 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful ambassador is health.
• 18 Poverty and shame will come to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards a reproof will be honored.
• 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
• 20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, but a companion of fools will be destroyed.
• 21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous, good will be repaid.
• 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
• 23 Much food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor, but there is wastage because of a lack of judgement.
• 24 He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him early.
• 25 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the stomach of the wicked will be in want.