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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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/proverbs/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,</p><p class="line2">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</p><p class="line2">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</p><p class="line2">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,</p><p class="line2">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The righteous hate what is false,</p><p class="line2">but the wicked make themselves a stench</p><p class="line2">and bring shame on themselves.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</p><p class="line2">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</p><p class="line2">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A person’s riches may ransom their life,</p><p class="line2">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The light of the righteous shines brightly,</p><p class="line2">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Where there is strife, there is pride,</p><p class="line2">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Dishonest money dwindles away,</p><p class="line2">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</p><p class="line2">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</p><p class="line2">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</p><p class="line2">turning a person from the snares of death.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Good judgment wins favor,</p><p class="line2">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.">a</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>All who are prudent act with <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or prudent protect themselves through">b</a></sup></span> knowledge,</p><p class="line2">but fools expose their folly.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</p><p class="line2">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</p><p class="line2">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</p><p class="line2">but fools detest turning from evil.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Walk with the wise and become wise,</p><p class="line2">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Trouble pursues the sinner,</p><p class="line2">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,</p><p class="line2">but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</p><p class="line2">but injustice sweeps it away.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</p><p class="line2">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The righteous eat to their hearts’ content,</p><p class="line2">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotebot">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>prudent protect themselves through</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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