Proverbs 13:6-16

6 ¹Righteousness guards him whose ²way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.

7 ³One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; ⁴another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

8 The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man ⁵hears no threat.

9 ⁶The light of the righteous rejoices, but ⁷the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

10 ⁸By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

11 ⁹Wealth gained hastily^[a] will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, ¹⁰but a desire fulfilled is ¹¹a tree of life.

13 Whoever ¹²despises ¹³the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be ¹⁴rewarded.

14 The teaching of the wise is ¹⁵a fountain of life, that one may ¹⁶turn away from the snares of death.

15 ¹⁷Good sense wins ¹⁸favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.^[b]

16 ¹⁹In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, ²⁰but a fool flaunts his folly.

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 11:3, 5, 6
• 2. Proverbs 11:20
• 3. Proverbs 11:24; [Luke 12:21; Revelation 3:17]
• 4. [Luke 12:33; 2 Corinthians 6:10; James 2:5]
• 5. [ver. 1]
• 6. [Job 29:3]
• 7. See Job 18:5
• 8. [Proverbs 28:25]
• 9. [Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 28:20, 22]
• 10. [ver. 19]
• 11. See Proverbs 3:18
• 12. [Proverbs 19:16; Numbers 15:31; 2 Chronicles 36:16]
• 13. Proverbs 16:20; Deuteronomy 30:14
• 14. [ver. 21]
• 15. See Proverbs 10:11
• 16. Proverbs 14:27; [Psalms 18:5; 2 Timothy 2:26]
• 17. [Luke 2:52]; See Psalms 111:10
• 18. Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 22:1
• 19. [Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 15:2]
• 20. [Proverbs 18:2; Ecclesiastes 10:3]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or by fraud
• [b]. Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut