PR-13:1  A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a

scorner heareth

not rebuke.

PR-13:2  A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but

the soul of the

transgressors [shall eat] violence.

PR-13:3  He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he

that openeth

wide his lips shall have destruction.

PR-13:4  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing:

but the soul

of the diligent shall be made fat.

PR-13:5  A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is

loathsome, and

cometh to shame.

PR-13:6  Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way:

but

wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

PR-13:7  There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing:

[there is]

that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

PR-13:8  The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the

poor heareth not

rebuke.

PR-13:9  The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of

the wicked

shall be put out.

PR-13:10  Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well

advised [is]

wisdom.

PR-13:11  Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he

that gathereth

by labour shall increase.

PR-13:12  Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the

desire cometh,

[it is] a tree of life.

PR-13:13  Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he

that feareth the

commandment shall be rewarded.

PR-13:14  The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart

from the

snares of death.

PR-13:15  Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of

transgressors [is]

hard.

PR-13:16  Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool

layeth open

[his] folly.

PR-13:17  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a

faithful ambassador

[is] health.

PR-13:18  Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth

instruction: but

he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

PR-13:19  The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it

is]

abomination to fools to depart from evil.

PR-13:20  He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a

companion of

fools shall be destroyed.

PR-13:21  Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall

be repayed.

PR-13:22  A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's

children: and

the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

PR-13:23  Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there

is [that is]

destroyed for want of judgment.

PR-13:24  He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that

loveth him

chasteneth him betimes.

PR-13:25  The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul:

but the belly of

the wicked shall want.

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