Proverbs 13

¹A wise son — the instruction of a father, And a scorner — he hath not heard rebuke.

²From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous — violence.

³Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!

⁴The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

⁵A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

⁶Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

⁷There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.

⁸The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

⁹The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

¹⁰A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled [is] wisdom.

¹¹Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

¹²Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.

¹³Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

¹⁴The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.