< Proverbs 13 >

1 son: child wise discipline father and to mock not to hear: hear rebuke
A wise son—the instruction of a father, And a scorner—he has not heard rebuke.
2 from fruit lip man to eat good and soul: appetite to act treacherously violence
A man eats good from the fruit of the mouth, And the soul of the treacherous—violence.
3 to watch lip his to keep: guard soul: life his to open lips his terror to/for him
Whoever is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoever is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!
4 to desire and nothing soul his sluggish and soul sharp to prosper
The soul of the slothful is desiring, and does not have. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
5 word: because deception to hate righteous and wicked to stink and be ashamed
The righteous hates a false word, And the wicked causes abhorrence, and is confounded.
6 righteousness to watch integrity way: conduct and wickedness to pervert sin
Righteousness keeps him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthrows a sin offering.
7 there to enrich and nothing all be poor and substance many
There is [he] who is making himself rich, and has nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.
8 ransom soul: life man riches his and be poor not to hear: hear rebuke
The ransom of a man’s life [are] his riches, And the poor has not heard rebuke.
9 light righteous to rejoice and lamp wicked to put out
The light of the righteous rejoices, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
10 except in/on/with arrogance to give: give strife and with to advise wisdom
A vain man causes debate through pride, And wisdom [is] with the counseled.
11 substance from vanity to diminish and to gather upon hand to multiply
Wealth from vanity becomes little, And whoever is gathering by the hand becomes great.
12 hope to draw be weak: ill heart and tree life desire to come (in): fulfill
Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.
13 to despise to/for word to destroy to/for him and afraid commandment he/she/it to complete
Whoever is despising the word is destroyed for it, And whoever is fearing the command is repaid.
14 instruction wise fountain life to/for to turn aside: depart from snare death
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
15 understanding pleasant to give: give favor and way: conduct to act treacherously strong
Good understanding gives grace, And the way of the treacherous [is] hard.
16 all prudent to make: do in/on/with knowledge and fool to spread folly
Every prudent one deals with knowledge, And a fool spreads out folly.
17 messenger wicked to fall: fall in/on/with bad: evil and envoy faithful healing
A wicked messenger falls into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.
18 poverty and dishonor to neglect discipline and to keep: guard argument to honor: honour
Whoever is refusing instruction—poverty and shame, And whoever is observing reproof is honored.
19 desire to be (to please *LAH(b)*) to/for soul and abomination fool to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools [Is] to turn from evil.
20 (to go: walk *Q(K)*) with wise (be wise *Q(K)*) and to accompany fool be evil
Whoever is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffers evil.
21 sinner to pursue distress: harm and [obj] righteous to complete good
Evil pursues sinners, And good repays the righteous.
22 pleasant to inherit son: child son: child and to treasure to/for righteous strength: rich to sin
A good man causes sons’ sons to inherit, And the sinner’s wealth [is] laid up for the righteous.
23 abundance food fallow ground be poor and there to snatch in/on/with not justice
Abundance of food—the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
24 to withhold tribe: staff his to hate son: child his and to love: lover him to seek him discipline
Whoever is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoever is loving him has hurried his discipline.
25 righteous to eat to/for satiety soul: appetite his and belly: abdomen wicked to lack
The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacks!

< Proverbs 13 >