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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 13 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Proverbs 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/12.htm" title="Proverbs 12">◄</a> Proverbs 13 <a href="../proverbs/14.htm" title="Proverbs 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/13-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A wise son—the instruction of a father, "" And a scorner—he has not heard rebuke.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A man eats good from the fruit of the mouth, "" And the soul of the treacherous—violence.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Whoever is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, "" Whoever is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The soul of the slothful is desiring, and does not have. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The righteous hates a false word, "" And the wicked causes abhorrence, and is confounded.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Righteousness keeps him who is perfect in the way, "" And wickedness overthrows a sin offering.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There is [he] who is making himself rich, and has nothing, "" Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The ransom of a man’s life [are] his riches, "" And the poor has not heard rebuke.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The light of the righteous rejoices, "" And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A vain man causes debate through pride, "" And wisdom [is] with the counseled.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wealth from vanity becomes little, "" And whoever is gathering by the hand becomes great.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, "" And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Whoever is despising the word is destroyed for it, "" And whoever is fearing the command is repaid.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, "" To turn aside from snares of death.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Good understanding gives grace, "" And the way of the treacherous [is] hard.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Every prudent one deals with knowledge, "" And a fool spreads out folly.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>A wicked messenger falls into evil, "" And a faithful ambassador is healing.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whoever is refusing instruction—poverty and shame, "" And whoever is observing reproof is honored.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, "" And an abomination to fools "" [Is] to turn from evil.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Whoever is walking with wise men is wise, "" And a companion of fools suffers evil.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Evil pursues sinners, "" And good repays the righteous.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>A good man causes sons’ sons to inherit, "" And the sinner’s wealth [is] laid up for the righteous.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Abundance of food—the tillage of the poor, "" And substance is consumed without judgment.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Whoever is sparing his rod is hating his son, "" And whoever is loving him has hurried his discipline.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, "" And the belly of the wicked lacks!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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