Proverbs, 13

1. A wise child listens to a father's discipline, a cynic will not listen to reproof.

1. A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

2. The fruit of the mouth provides a good meal, but the soul of the treacherous feeds on violence.

2. From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

3. A guard on the mouth makes life secure, whoever talks too much is lost.

3. He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

4. The idler hungers but has no food; hard workers get their fill.

4. The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

5. The upright hates a lying word, but the wicked slanders and defames.

5. A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.

6. Uprightness stands guard over one whose way is honest, sin causes the ruin of the wicked.

6. Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.

7. There are some who, on nothing, pretend to be rich, some, with great wealth, pretend to be poor.

7. One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

8. The ransom for life is a person's wealth; but the poor will not hear the reproof.

8. The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.

9. The light of the upright is joyful, the lamp of the wicked goes out.

9. The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

10. Insolence breeds only disputes, wisdom lies with those who take advice.

10. By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

11. A sudden fortune will dwindle away, accumulation little by little is the way to riches.

11. Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but he who gathers little by little will increase it.

12. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

12. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

13. Contempt for the word is self-destructive, respect for the commandment wins salvation.

13. He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded.

14. The teaching of the wise is a life-giving fountain for eluding the snares of death.

14. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.

15. Good sense wins favour, but the way of the treacherous is hard.

15. Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

16. Anyone of discretion acts by the light of knowledge, the fool parades his folly.

16. In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

17. A bad messenger falls into misfortune, a trusty messenger brings healing.

17. A bad messenger plunges men into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

18. Whoever rejects discipline wins poverty and scorn; for anyone who accepts correction: honour.

18. Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.

19. Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; fools are loth to turn -- from evil.

19. A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

20. Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, whoever mixes with fools will be ruined.

20. He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

21. Evil will pursue the sinner, but good will reward the upright.

21. Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

22. The good bequeaths a heritage to children's children, the wealth of the sinner is stored away for the upright.

22. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

23. Though the farms of the poor yield much food, some perish for lack of justice.

23. The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

24. Whoever fails to use the stick hates his child; whoever is free with correction loves him.

24. He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

25. The upright eats to the full, the belly of the wicked goes empty.

25. The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.