Proverbs 13:8-18

8 A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.
9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
10 Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but whoever respects a command is rewarded.
14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.
15 Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a]
16 All who are prudent act with[b] knowledge, but fools expose their folly.
17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.
18 Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Cross References 16

  • 1. Proverbs 15:16
  • 2. S Job 18:5; S Proverbs 4:18-19; Proverbs 24:20
  • 3. S Judges 19:30; S Proverbs 9:9
  • 4. S Proverbs 10:2
  • 5. S Proverbs 10:11
  • 6. S Numbers 15:31; 2 Chronicles 36:16
  • 7. Exodus 9:20
  • 8. Proverbs 16:20
  • 9. S Proverbs 10:11
  • 10. Proverbs 14:27
  • 11. Ecclesiastes 10:3
  • 12. Esther 5:11; S Psalms 38:5; Proverbs 12:23
  • 13. S Proverbs 10:26
  • 14. Proverbs 25:13
  • 15. S Proverbs 1:7; S Proverbs 12:1
  • 16. Psalms 141:5; Proverbs 25:12; Ecclesiastes 7:5; Pr 15:5,31-32

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  • [b]. Or "prudent protect themselves through"
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