Proverbs 13:1-7

¹A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a mocker will not listen to rebuke.

²From the fruit of his mouth a person enjoys good things, but the appetite of the treacherous is for violence.

³The one who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens wide his lips will ruin himself.

⁴The appetite of lazy people craves but gets nothing, but the appetite of diligent people will be richly satisfied.

⁵The righteous person hates lies, but a wicked person makes himself repugnant, and he does what is shameful.

⁶Righteousness protects those who are faultless in their path, but wickedness turns away those who commit sin.

⁷There is someone who enriches himself, but has nothing at all, and there is someone who gives everything away, yet is truly wealthy.