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bbe@Proverbs:13:1 @A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

bbe@Proverbs:13:2 @A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

bbe@Proverbs:13:3 @He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

bbe@Proverbs:13:4 @The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

bbe@Proverbs:13:5 @The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

bbe@Proverbs:13:6 @Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

bbe@Proverbs:13:7 @A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

bbe@Proverbs:13:8 @A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

bbe@Proverbs:13:9 @There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

bbe@Proverbs:13:10 @The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

bbe@Proverbs:13:11 @Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

bbe@Proverbs:13:12 @Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

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

bbe@Proverbs:13:14 @The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

bbe@Proverbs:13:15 @Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction

bbe@Proverbs:13:16 @A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

bbe@Proverbs:13:17 @A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.

bbe@Proverbs:13:18 @Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

bbe@Proverbs:13:19 @To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

bbe@Proverbs:13:20 @Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

bbe@Proverbs:13:21 @Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

bbe@Proverbs:13:22 @The 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.

bbe@Proverbs:13:23 @There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

bbe@Proverbs:13:24 @He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

bbe@Proverbs:13:25 @The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

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