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13:1  Children with good sense accept correction from their parents, but stubborn children ignore it completely.
13:2  You will be well rewarded for saying something kind, but all some people think about is how to be cruel and mean.
13:3  Keep what you know to yourself, and you will be safe; talk too much, and you are done for.
13:4  No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough.
13:5  A good person hates deceit, but those who are evil cause shame and disgrace.
13:6  Live right, and you are safe! But sin will destroy you.
13:7  Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor.
13:8  The rich may have to pay a ransom, but the poor don't have that problem.
13:9  The lamp of a good person keeps on shining; the lamp of an evil person soon goes out.
13:10  Too much pride causes trouble. Be sensible and take advice.
13:11  Money wrongly gained will disappear bit by bit; money earned little by little will grow and grow.
13:12  Not getting what you want can break your heart, but a wish that comes true is a life-giving tree.
13:13  If you reject God's teaching, you will pay the price; if you obey his commands, you will be rewarded.
13:14  Sensible instruction is a life-giving fountain that helps you escape all deadly traps.
13:15  Sound judgment is praised, but people without good sense are on the way to disaster.
13:16  If you have good sense, you will act sensibly, but fools act like fools.
13:17  Whoever delivers your message can make things better or worse for you.
13:18  All who refuse correction will be poor and disgraced; all who accept correction will be praised.
13:19  It's a good feeling to get what you want, but only a stupid fool hates to turn from evil.
13:20  Wise friends make you wise, but you hurt yourself by going around with fools.
13:21  You are in for trouble if you sin, but you will be rewarded if you live right.
13:22  If you obey God, you will have something to leave your grandchildren. If you don't obey God, those who live right will get what you leave.
13:23  Even when the land of the poor produces good crops, they get cheated out of what they grow.
13:24  If you love your children, you will correct them; if you don't love them, you won't correct them.
13:25  If you live right, you will have plenty to eat; if you don't live right, you will go away empty.