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Chapter 13
Prov Webster 13:1  A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Prov Webster 13:2  A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
Prov Webster 13:3  He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Prov Webster 13:4  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov Webster 13:5  A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is lothsome, and cometh to shame.
Prov Webster 13:6  Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Prov Webster 13:7  There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
Prov Webster 13:8  The ransom of a man's life [is] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Prov Webster 13:9  The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.
Prov Webster 13:10  Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised [is] wisdom.
Prov Webster 13:11  Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.
Prov Webster 13:12  Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
Prov Webster 13:13  Whoever despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Prov Webster 13:14  The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Prov Webster 13:15  Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
Prov Webster 13:16  Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
Prov Webster 13:17  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful embassador [is] health.
Prov Webster 13:18  Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
Prov Webster 13:19  The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Prov Webster 13:20  He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Prov Webster 13:21  Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
Prov Webster 13:22  A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.
Prov Webster 13:23  Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
Prov Webster 13:24  He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Prov Webster 13:25  The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.