| 章 |
| 13:1 |
A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
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| 13:2 |
From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
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| 13:3 |
Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
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| 13:4 |
The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
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| 13:5 |
The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
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| 13:6 |
Righteousness guards one whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.
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| 13:7 |
Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
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| 13:8 |
Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats.
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| 13:9 |
The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
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| 13:10 |
By insolence the heedless make strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
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| 13:11 |
Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it.
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| 13:12 |
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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| 13:13 |
Those who despise the word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect the commandment will be rewarded.
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| 13:14 |
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
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| 13:15 |
Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.
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| 13:16 |
The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
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| 13:17 |
A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing.
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| 13:18 |
Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction, but one who heeds reproof is honored.
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| 13:19 |
A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
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| 13:20 |
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
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| 13:21 |
Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
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| 13:22 |
The good leave an inheritance to their children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
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| 13:23 |
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
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| 13:24 |
Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
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| 13:25 |
The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite, but the belly of the wicked is empty.
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