Proverbs 13:10-25

10 ¹By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

11 ²Wealth gained hastily^[a] will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, ³but a desire fulfilled is ⁴a tree of life.

13 Whoever ⁵despises ⁶the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be ⁷rewarded.

14 The teaching of the wise is ⁸a fountain of life, that one may ⁹turn away from the snares of death.

15 ¹⁰Good sense wins ¹¹favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.^[b]

16 ¹²In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, ¹³but a fool flaunts his folly.

17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but ¹⁴a faithful envoy brings healing.

18 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ¹⁵ignores instruction, ¹⁶but whoever ¹⁷heeds reproof is honored.

19 ¹⁸A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

21 ¹⁹Disaster^[c] pursues sinners, ²⁰but the righteous are rewarded with good.

22 ²¹A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but ²²the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through ²³injustice.

24 ²⁴Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.^[d]

25 ²⁵The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

Cross References

• 1. [Proverbs 28:25]
• 2. [Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 28:20, 22]
• 3. [ver. 19]
• 4. See Proverbs 3:18
• 5. [Proverbs 19:16; Numbers 15:31; 2 Chronicles 36:16]
• 6. Proverbs 16:20; Deuteronomy 30:14
• 7. [ver. 21]
• 8. See Proverbs 10:11
• 9. Proverbs 14:27; [Psalms 18:5; 2 Timothy 2:26]
• 10. [Luke 2:52]; See Psalms 111:10
• 11. Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 22:1
• 12. [Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 15:2]
• 13. [Proverbs 18:2; Ecclesiastes 10:3]
• 14. Proverbs 25:13; [Proverbs 14:5]
• 15. [Proverbs 15:5, 31, 32]
• 16. [Proverbs 15:5]
• 17. [Proverbs 15:31]
• 18. [ver. 12]
• 19. [Psalms 11:6; Psalms 32:10]
• 20. [ver. 13; Luke 6:38]
• 21. [Ezra 9:12; Psalms 37:25]
• 22. Proverbs 28:8; See Job 27:16, 17
• 23. [Proverbs 16:8]
• 24. [Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 23:13, 14; Proverbs 29:15, 17]
• 25. See Proverbs 10:3

Footnotes

• [a]. Or by fraud
• [b]. Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut
• [c]. Or Evil
• [d]. Or who loves him disciplines him early