Proverbs 13:10-19

¹⁰The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

¹¹Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

¹²Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

¹³He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.

¹⁴The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

¹⁵Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

¹⁶A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

¹⁷A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.

¹⁸Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

¹⁹To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.