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Proverbs 13:1-6

1 A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.

1 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.

2 From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.

2 From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

3 He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.

3 Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

4 The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.

4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

5 The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.

5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.

6 Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin.

6 Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.