Most Popular Bible Verses in Proverbs 13
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He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline.
Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
The teaching of the wise [is] a fountain of life, [in order] to avoid the snares of death.
Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly.
A messenger of wickedness will fall into trouble, but an envoy of the faithful [brings] healing.
Poverty and disgrace [belong to] him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored.
Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous {will be rewarded with prosperity}.
[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.
A desire {fulfilled} will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil.
A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.
Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.
He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.
He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.
From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.
There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.
The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.
The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.
The ransom of the life of a man [is] his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat.