1 A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,

But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

2 From the fruit of a person’s mouth he *13:2 Lit eatsenjoys good,

But the *13:2 Lit souldesire of the treacherous is violence.

3 One who guards his mouth protects his life;

One who opens wide his lips *13:3 Lit ruin is hiscomes to ruin.

4 The soul of the *13:4 Lit idlelazy one craves and gets nothing,

But the soul of the diligent is made *13:4 Lit fatprosperous.

5 A righteous person hates a false statement,

But a wicked person *13:5 Lit causes a bad odor and causes shameacts disgustingly and shamefully.

6 Righteousness guards the *13:6 Lit blamelessness of wayone whose way is blameless,

But wickedness brings the *13:6 Lit sinsinner to ruin.

7 There is one who pretends to be rich but has nothing;

Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.

8 The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,

But the poor hears no rebuke.

9 The light of the righteous *13:9 I.e., shines brightlyrejoices,

But the lamp of the wicked goes out.

10 Through overconfidence *13:10 Lit givescomes nothing but strife,

But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

11 Wealth obtained from *13:11 Prob. referring to fraudnothing dwindles,

But one who gathers *13:11 Lit by handby labor increases it.

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

But desire *13:12 Lit comingfulfilled is a tree of life.

13 One who despises the word will do badly,

But one who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

14 The *13:14 Or lawteaching of the wise is a fountain of life,

To turn aside from the snares of death.

15 Good understanding produces favor,

But the way of the treacherous is *13:15 Cf. LXX in destruction; MT constanttheir own disaster.

16 Every prudent person acts with knowledge,

But a fool *13:16 Lit spreads outdisplays foolishness.

17 A wicked messenger falls into adversity,

But a faithful messenger brings healing.

18 Poverty and shame will come to one who neglects *13:18 Or instructiondiscipline,

But one who complies with rebuke will be honored.

19 Desire realized is sweet to the soul,

But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.

20 One who walks with wise people will be wise,

But a companion of fools will suffer harm.

21 Adversity pursues sinners,

But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.

22 A good person leaves an inheritance to his *13:22 Lit sons’ sonsgrandchildren,

And the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

23 Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor,

But *13:23 Lit there is what is sweptit is swept away by injustice.

24 He who withholds his *13:24 I.e., correction or disciplinerod hates his son,

But he who loves him *13:24 Lit seeks him diligently with disciplinedisciplines him diligently.

25 The righteous *13:25 Lit eats to the satisfaction of his soulhas enough to satisfy his appetite,

But the stomach of the wicked is in need.