Proverbs 13:14-25

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.

²⁰Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

²¹Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

²²The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

²³There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

²⁴He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

²⁵The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.