Proverbs 13
1 A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A wise son, [cometh of] a father’s correction, but, a scoffer, heareth not a rebuke.
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, [shall be sated with] violence.
3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
He that watcheth his mouth, guardeth his soul, He that openeth wide his lips, [it shall be] his ruin.
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.
5 A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
A word of falsehood, the righteous man, hateth, but, the lawless, causeth shame and disgrace.
6 Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Righteousness, guardeth the man of blameless way, but, lawlessness, overthroweth the sinner.
7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
There is who feigneth himself rich, yet hath nothing at all, who pleadeth poverty, yet hath great substance.
8 The ransom of a man’s life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
The ransom of a man’s life, is his wealth, but, the poor, heareth not rebuke.
9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.
10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.
11 Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart, —but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.
14 The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
Sound discretion, yieldeth favour, but, the way of the treacherous, is rugged.
16 Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
Every prudent man, maketh use of knowledge, but, a dullard, spreadeth folly.
17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.
A lawless messenger, falleth into mischief, but, a faithful herald, bringeth healing.
18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Poverty and contempt, are for him that neglecteth correction, but, he that regardeth reproof, shall be honoured.
19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
A desire fulfilled, is sweet to the soul, but it is, an abomination to the lawless, to depart from evil.
20 He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Evil pursueth, sinners, but, unto the righteous, shall good be recompensed.
22 A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.
A good man, leaveth an inheritance to children’s children, but, laid up for the righteous, is the wealth of the sinner.
23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
Much food, is in the fallow ground of the poor, but there is that is swept away, for want of justice.
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
He that withholdeth his rod, hateth his son, —but, he that loveth him, carefully correcteth him.
25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
The righteous, eateth to satisfy his appetite, but, the belly of the lawless, shall want.
