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<p class="indent2"> another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Riches may ransom a man’s life, <p class="indent2"> but a poor man hears no threat. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The light of the righteous shines brightly, <p class="indent2"> but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Arrogance leads only to strife, <p class="indent2"> but wisdom is with the well-advised. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Dishonest wealth will dwindle, <p class="indent2"> but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hope deferred makes the heart sick, <p class="indent2"> but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, <p class="indent2"> but the one who respects a command will be rewarded. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The teaching<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> of the wise is a fountain of life, <p class="indent2"> turning one from the snares of death. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Good understanding wins favor, <p class="indent2"> but the way of the faithless is difficult. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Every prudent man acts with knowledge, <p class="indent2"> but a fool displays his folly. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>A wicked messenger falls into trouble, <p class="indent2"> but a faithful envoy brings healing. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, <p class="indent2"> but whoever heeds correction is honored. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, <p class="indent2"> but turning from evil is detestable to fools. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He who walks with the wise will become wise, <p class="indent2"> but the companion of fools will be destroyed. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Disaster pursues sinners, <p class="indent2"> but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, <p class="indent2"> but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, <p class="indent2"> but without justice it is swept away. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He who spares the rod hates his son, <p class="indent2"> but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, <p class="indent2"> but the stomach of the wicked is empty.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>law</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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