Proverbs 13:1-6

1 A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.

2 A good shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.

3 He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.

4 Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.

5 A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence.

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Footnotes

• [a]. See Appendix for Alexandrine text shown as: “Righteousness preserves the simple in the way, but sin makes worthless the ungodly.”