Proverbs 13
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Proverbs 13
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Prov 10.1; 15.12 A wise child loves discipline,#13.1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father
but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
2From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things,
but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
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Ps 39.1; Jas 3.2 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
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Prov 10.4
The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing,
while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
5The righteous hate falsehood,
but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
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Prov 11.3, 5 Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,
but sin overthrows the wicked.
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Prov 11.24; Lk 12.20, 21, 33; 2 Cor 6.10 Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing;
others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.
8Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.
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Job 18.5; Prov 24.20 The light of the righteous rejoices,#13.9 Or shines
but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
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Prov 21.24
By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
but wisdom is with those who take advice.
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v 23
; Prov 10.2Wealth hastily gotten#13.11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity will dwindle,
but those who gather little by little will increase it.
12Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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2 Chr 36.16
Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves,
but those who respect a command will be rewarded.
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Ps 18.5; Prov 10.11 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
so that one may avoid the snares of death.
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Prov 21.8
Good sense wins favor,
but the way of the faithless is their ruin.#13.15 Cn Compare Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb is enduring
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Prov 12.23; 15.2 The clever do all things intelligently,
but the fool displays folly.
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Prov 25.13
A bad messenger brings trouble,
but a faithful envoy, healing.
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Prov 15.5, 31, 32 Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,
but one who heeds reproof is honored.
19A desire realized is sweet to the soul,
but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
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Prov 2.19; 15.31 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools suffers harm.
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Ps 32.10
Misfortune pursues sinners,
but prosperity rewards the righteous.
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Job 27.16, 17; Prov 28.8; Eccl 2.26 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
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Prov 12.11
The field of the poor may yield much food,
but it is swept away through injustice.
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Prov 19.18; 22.15; 29.15, 17 Those who spare the rod hate their children,
but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
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Ps 34.10; 37.3 The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite,
but the belly of the wicked is empty.
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