A wise son heareth his father's {Or, correction}instruction;
But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
A man shall eat good {Or, from}by the fruit of his mouth;
But {Or, the desire of the treacherous is for violence}the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life;
But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
A righteous man hateth lying;
But a wicked man {Or, causeth shame and bringeth reproach}is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Righteousness guardeth {Hebrew: uprightness of way.}him that is upright in the way;
But wickedness overthroweth {Hebrew: sin.}the sinner.
There is that {Or, feigneth}maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
There is that {Or, feigneth}maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
The ransom of a man's life is his riches;
But the poor heareth no {Or, rebuke}threatening.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth;
But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
By pride cometh only contention;
But with the well-advised is wisdom.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth {Hebrew: with the hand.}by labor shall have increase.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;
But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Whoso despiseth the word {Or, maketh himself a debtor thereto}bringeth destruction on himself;
But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
The {Or, teaching}law of the wise is a fountain of life,
That one may depart from the snares of death.
Good understanding {Or, getteth}giveth favor;
But the way of the transgressor is hard.
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge;
But a fool flaunteth his folly.
A wicked messenger falleth into evil;
But a faithful ambassador is health.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth {Or, instruction}correction;
But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul;
But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
{According to another reading, He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.}Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise;
But the companion of fools shall {Hebrew: be broken.}smart for it.
Evil pursueth sinners;
But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children;
And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Much food is in the {Or, tilled land}tillage of the poor;
But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son;
But he that loveth him chasteneth him {Or, diligently}betimes.
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul;
But the belly of the wicked shall want.
Querverweise zu Sprüche 13,7 Spr 13,7
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;But he that gathereth {Hebrew: with the hand.}by labor shall have increase.
{Or, Send forth}Cast thy bread {Hebrew: upon the face of the waters}upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
{Or, Divide a portion into seven, yea, even into eight}Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this {See marginal note on chapter 3:12.}publican.
I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
But the {See marginal note on chapter 3:12.}publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, {Or, be thou propitiated}be thou merciful to me {Or, the sinner}a sinner.
I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.
Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of {Or, what}whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the {Or, reviling}blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.