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13:1  A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
13:2  From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
13:3  Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
13:4  The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
13:5  The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
13:6  Righteousness guards one whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.
13:7  Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.
13:8  Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.
13:9  The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
13:10  By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
13:11  Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it.
13:12  Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
13:13  Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect a command will be rewarded.
13:14  The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
13:15  Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.
13:16  The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
13:17  A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing.
13:18  Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction, but one who heeds reproof is honored.
13:19  A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
13:20  Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
13:21  Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
13:22  The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
13:23  The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
13:24  Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
13:25  The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite, but the belly of the wicked is empty.