### Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 12

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 13
| A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
| A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
| He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
| A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
| A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
| Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
| There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
| The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.
| The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
| By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
| Wealth [gotten] by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].
| Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
| Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
| The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
| Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.
| Every prudent [man] acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open [his] folly.
| A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.
| Poverty and shame shall be [to] him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
| The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; but it is abomination to the foolish to depart from evil.
| He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
| Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
| A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous [man].
| Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
| He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
| The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.

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