013:020 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion
of fools suffers harm.
013:021 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
013:022 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
013:023 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice
sweeps it away.
013:024 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him
is careful to discipline him.
013:025 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul,
but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
014:001 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears
it down with her own hands.
014:002 He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is
perverse in his ways despises him.
014:003 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips
of the wise protect them.
014:004 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is
by the strength of the ox.
014:005 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness
pours out lies.
014:006 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge
comes easily to a discerning person.
014:007 Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge
on his lips.
014:008 The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way,
but the folly of fools is deceit.
014:009 Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright
there is good will.
014:010 The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share
these with a stranger.
014:011 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent
of the upright will flourish.
014:012 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it
leads to death.
014:013 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may
end in heaviness.
014:014 The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good
man will be rewarded for his ways.
014:015 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully
considers his ways.
014:016 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is
hotheaded and reckless.
014:017 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty
man is hated.
014:018 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
014:019 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates
of the righteous.
014:020 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
but the rich person has many friends.
014:021 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has
pity on the poor.
014:022 Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness
belong to those who plan good.
014:023 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips
leads only to poverty.
014:024 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools
crowns them with folly.
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