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13A wise child loves discipline,^*
   but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
² From the fruit of their words good people eat good things,
   but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
³ Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
   those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
⁴ The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing,
   while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
⁵ The righteous hate falsehood,
   but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
⁶ Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,
   but sin overthrows the wicked.
⁷ Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing;
   others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
⁸ Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
   but the poor get no threats.
⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices,
   but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
¹⁰ By insolence the heedless make strife,
   but wisdom is with those who take advice.
¹¹ Wealth hastily gained^* will dwindle,
   but those who gather little by little will increase it.
¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
   but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
¹³ Those who despise the word bring destruction on themselves,
   but those who respect the commandment will be rewarded.
¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
   so that one may avoid the snares of death.
¹⁵ Good sense wins favour,
   but the way of the faithless is their ruin.^*
16 The clever do all things intelligently,
   but the fool displays folly.
¹⁷ A bad messenger brings trouble,
   but a faithful envoy, healing.
¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,
   but one who heeds reproof is honoured.
¹⁹ A desire realized 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 suffers harm.
²¹ Misfortune pursues sinners,
   but prosperity rewards the righteous.
²² The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
   but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
²³ The field of the poor may yield much food,
   but it is swept away through injustice.
²⁴ Those who spare the rod hate their children,
   but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
²⁵ The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite,
   but the belly of the wicked is empty.