Proverbs 13:16-25

¹⁶Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; But a fool spreadeth abroad his folly.

¹⁷A wicked messenger falleth into trouble; But a faithful ambassador is health.

¹⁸Poverty and shame are for him who rejecteth instruction; But he that regardeth reproof shall come to honor.

¹⁹The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

²⁰He who walketh with wise men shall be wise; But the companion of fools shall be destroyed.

²¹Calamity pursueth the wicked; But the righteous is rewarded with good.

²²The good man leaveth his substance to his children's children; But the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

²³There is much food from the fallow-ground of the poor; But there is who is brought low for want of uprightness.

²⁴He that spareth the rod hateth his son; But he who loveth him chasteneth him early.

²⁵The righteous man eateth to the satisfying of his desire; But the stomach of the wicked suffereth want.