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Proverbs 13:1-9
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Proverbs 13:1-9
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1
A
wise
son
heareth his
father's
instruction:
but a
scorner
heareth
not
rebuke.
2
A
man
shall
eat
good
by the
fruit
of his
mouth:
but the
soul
of the
transgressors
shall eat
violence.
3
He that
keepeth
his
mouth
keepeth
his
life:
but he that openeth
wide
his
lips
shall have
destruction.
4
The
soul
of the
sluggard
desireth
, and hath nothing: but the
soul
of the
diligent
shall be made
fat
.
5
A
righteous
man
hateth
lying
*
: but a
wicked
man is
loathsome
, and cometh to
shame
.
6
Righteousness
keepeth
him that is
upright
in the
way:
but
wickedness
overthroweth
the
sinner.
[a]
7
There
is
that maketh himself
rich
, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself
poor
,
yet
hath
great
riches.
8
The
ransom
of a
man's
life
are his
riches:
but the
poor
heareth
not
rebuke.
9
The
light
of the
righteous
rejoiceth
: but the
lamp
[b]
of the
wicked
shall be put
out
.
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[a].
the sinner: Heb. sin
[b].
lamp: or, candle
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