Proverbs 13  New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

13 A wise child loves discipline,^[a]
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
² From the fruit of their words good people eat good things,
    but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
³ Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
    those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
⁴ The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing,
    while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
⁵ The righteous hate falsehood,
    but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
⁶ Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.
⁷ Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing;
    others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
⁸ Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
    but the poor get no threats.
⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices,
    but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
¹⁰ By insolence the heedless make strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.
¹¹ Wealth hastily gained^[b] will dwindle,
    but those who gather little by little will increase it.
¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
¹³ Those who despise the word bring destruction on themselves,
    but those who respect the commandment will be rewarded.
¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
    so that one may avoid the snares of death.
¹⁵ Good sense wins favour,
    but the way of the faithless is their ruin.^[c]
16 The clever do all things intelligently,
    but the fool displays folly.
¹⁷ A bad messenger brings trouble,
    but a faithful envoy, healing.
¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,
    but one who heeds reproof is honoured.
¹⁹ A desire realized is sweet to the soul,
    but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
²⁰ Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools suffers harm.
²¹ Misfortune pursues sinners,
    but prosperity rewards the righteous.
²² The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
    but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
²³ The field of the poor may yield much food,
    but it is swept away through injustice.
²⁴ Those who spare the rod hate their children,
    but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
²⁵ The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite,
    but the belly of the wicked is empty.