Proverbs 13:1-6

Contrast the Upright and the Wicked

1 A ¹wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a ²scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

2 From the fruit of a man's mouth he ³enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is ⁴violence.

3 The one who ⁵guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who ⁶opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

5 A righteous man ⁷hates falsehood, But a wicked man ⁸acts disgustingly and shamefully.

6 Righteousness ⁹guards the one whose way is blameless, But wickedness subverts the sinner.

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Cross References 9

1. Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20
2. Proverbs 9:7, 8; Proverbs 15:12
3. Proverbs 12:14
4. Proverbs 1:31; Hosea 10:13
5. Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 21:23; James 3:2
6. Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 20:19
7. Colossians 3:9
8. Proverbs 3:35
9. Proverbs 11:3

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "eats"
[b]. Lit "soul"
[c]. Lit "ruin is his"
[d]. Lit "causes a bad odor and causes shame"
[e]. Lit "blamelessness of way"
[f]. Lit "sin"

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