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The Book of Proverbs 13

13 Wise children pay attention when their fathers instruct them,

but people who ridicule other people do not pay attention when people correct them.

2 The good things that people say are like good food to them,

and the violent things that treacherous people do are like food for them.

3 People who are careful about what they say enable themselves to stay alive,

but people who speak carelessly destroy themselves.

4 Lazy people want things very much and get very little,

but people who work hard will receive everything that they want.

5 Righteous people detest speaking falsely,

but what wicked people do is disgusting and disgraceful.

6 Acting righteously enables people who act blamelessly to be safe,

but acting wickedly causes sinful people to do what will destroy them.

7 Some people act as if they are wealthy while they are actually poor.

Other people act as if they are poor while they are actually wealthy.

8 Rich people might have to pay money to someone who threatens them in order to stay alive,

but poor people do not even listen when someone threatens them.

9 Righteous people live joyfully like a light that shines brightly,

but wicked people will merely die like an oil lamp that stops burning oil.

10 People who act proudly cause people to argue,

but people who let others advise them cause people to be wise.

11 Riches that people gain effortlessly will disappear,

but people who gain riches by working steadily will increase their riches.

12 People despair when they do not receive what they have been hoping to receive,

but when people receive what they have been wanting to receive, they feel like they have everything that they need.

13 People who detest what others try to teach them will suffer for doing so,

but God will reward those people who respect what he has commanded.

14 What wise people teach continuously benefits people throughout their lives.

It enables people to avoid dangerous things that could kill them.

15 People approve of people who are very insightful,

but treacherous people are stubborn in the way that they live.

16 All clever people think carefully before they do something,

but foolish people show that they are foolish by how they act.

17 Bad things happen to messengers who are not reliable,

but reliable messengers make people peaceful.

18 People who do not let other people correct them will become poor and ashamed,

but people respect those who let other people rebuke them for any bad behavior.

19 People feel pleasant when they get what they want,

but foolish people detest refusing to do what is evil.

20 People who associate with wise people will become wise themselves,

but people who are companions of foolish people will suffer.

21 Bad things happen to sinful people,

but good things happen to righteous people.

22 Good people will leave riches for their grandchildren when they die,

but righteous people will receive the riches that sinful people have saved.

23 Poor people have fields that can produce a lot of food,

but unjust people take it away from them.

24 Parents who do not punish their children for bad behavior act as if they hate their children,

but parents who truly love their children are careful to discipline them.

25 Righteous people have enough food to eat and satisfy themselves,

but wicked people will be hungry.

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