Proverbs 13
1 son: child wise discipline father and to mock not to hear: hear rebuke
Children who are wise (pay attention/heed it) when their parents discipline/correct them; but foolish children do not pay attention when someone rebukes them [for their bad behavior].
2 from fruit lip man to eat good and soul: appetite to act treacherously violence
Good people are rewarded [IDM] for the good things [MET] that they say, but those who desire to deceive others are [very] eager to act violently.
3 to watch lip his to keep: guard soul: life his to open lips his terror to/for him
Those who are [very] careful about what they say [MTY] will live a long life; those who talk (without thinking/too much) will ruin themselves.
4 to desire and nothing soul his sluggish and soul sharp to prosper
People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything [HYP]. People who work hard will get all that they want.
5 word: because deception to hate righteous and wicked to stink and be ashamed
Righteous/Honest people hate/detest lies, but what wicked people do (is very disgraceful/stinks) [DOU].
6 righteousness to watch integrity way: conduct and wickedness to pervert sin
The behavior [PRS] of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful [behavior will] ruin wicked people.
7 there to enrich and nothing all be poor and substance many
Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor.
8 ransom soul: life man riches his and be poor not to hear: hear rebuke
Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, [with the result that they will be protected, not killed], but poor people [do not have to worry about that because] no one threatens to kill them.
9 light righteous to rejoice and lamp wicked to put out
Righteous [people] are like a lamp [MET] that shines brightly, but wicked [people] are like [MET] a lamp that will [soon] be extinguished.
10 except in/on/with arrogance to give: give strife and with to advise wisdom
[People] who are arrogant/proud [always] cause strife; those who are wise ask [other people] for good advice.
11 substance from vanity to diminish and to gather upon hand to multiply
Those who acquire a lot of money quickly [by doing what is wrong, probably] will lose it [quickly], but if people earn money slowly, the amount of money they have will increase.
12 hope to draw be weak: ill heart and tree life desire to come (in): fulfill
When people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, (it causes them to despair/they become very sad); but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that [will be like a tree] [MET] [whose fruit gives you] life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful).
13 to despise to/for word to destroy to/for him and afraid commandment he/she/it to complete
Those who despise [the good] advice [that others give them] are bringing ruin on themselves; those who pay attention to that advice will (be secure/succeed).
14 instruction wise fountain life to/for to turn aside: depart from snare death
What wise [people] teach is [like] a fountain whose [water] gives life [MET]; what they teach you will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].
15 understanding pleasant to give: give favor and way: conduct to act treacherously strong
[People] respect those who have good sense, but those who cannot be trusted are on the road to being ruined/destroyed (OR, will have a lot of difficulties/troubles).
16 all prudent to make: do in/on/with knowledge and fool to spread folly
Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show [by what they say and do] that they are foolish.
17 messenger wicked to fall: fall in/on/with bad: evil and envoy faithful healing
Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully [deliver their messages] cause people to act peacefully.
18 poverty and dishonor to neglect discipline and to keep: guard argument to honor: honour
Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; [people] respect those who accept it when they are rebuked [for their bad behavior].
19 desire to be (to please *LAH(b)*) to/for soul and abomination fool to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
It is delightful to receive what we desire; foolish people hate/refuse to turn away from doing evil.
20 (to go: walk *Q(K)*) with wise (be wise *Q(K)*) and to accompany fool be evil
Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who (are close friends of/associate with) foolish people will (regret it/be ruined).
21 sinner to pursue distress: harm and [obj] righteous to complete good
Sinners have trouble [PRS] wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous [people].
22 pleasant to inherit son: child son: child and to treasure to/for righteous strength: rich to sin
When good people [die], their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners [die], the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous [people].
23 abundance food fallow ground be poor and there to snatch in/on/with not justice
[Sometimes] poor [people’s] fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
24 to withhold tribe: staff his to hate son: child his and to love: lover him to seek him discipline
Those who do not punish their children [for bad behavior] do not [really] love them; those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young.
25 righteous to eat to/for satiety soul: appetite his and belly: abdomen wicked to lack
Righteous [people] have enough food to eat and be satisfied, but the stomachs of wicked [people] [SYN] are [always] empty.
