✧1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke. ✧2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence. ✧3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. ✧4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied. ✧5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace. ✧6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner. ✧7One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. ✧8Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat. ✧
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The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
✧10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
✧11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
✧12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
✧13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
✧14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
✧15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
✧16Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
✧17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
✧18Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
✧19Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
✧20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
✧21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
✧22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
✧23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
✧24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
✧25A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.