Proverbs 13
1 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].
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
2 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.
From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
3 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.
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
4 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.
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
5 Righteous/Honest people hate/detest lies, but what wicked people do (is very disgraceful/stinks) [DOU].
The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
6 The behavior [PRS] of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful [behavior will] ruin wicked people.
Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
7 Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor.
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
8 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.
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
9 Righteous [people] are like a lamp [MET] that shines brightly, but wicked [people] are like [MET] a lamp that will [soon] be extinguished.
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
10 [People] who are arrogant/proud [always] cause strife; those who are wise ask [other people] for good advice.
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
11 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.
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
12 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).
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
13 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).
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
14 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].
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
15 [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).
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
16 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.
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
17 Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully [deliver their messages] cause people to act peacefully.
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
18 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].
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
19 It is delightful to receive what we desire; foolish people hate/refuse to turn away from doing evil.
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
20 Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who (are close friends of/associate with) foolish people will (regret it/be ruined).
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
21 Sinners have trouble [PRS] wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous [people].
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
22 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].
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
23 [Sometimes] poor [people’s] fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
24 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.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
25 Righteous [people] have enough food to eat and be satisfied, but the stomachs of wicked [people] [SYN] are [always] empty.
A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
