Proverbs 13 (NET)

Proverbs 13:1¹A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:5Prov 9:7-8Prov 15:20Prov 10:1Prov 4:1-141 Sam 2:25Isa 28:14-15Prov 4:20-22Prov 14:6

Proverbs 13:2²From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 12:14Prov 18:20Prov 10:11Prov 1:31Ps 140:11Hab 2:17Hab 2:8Prov 1:11-13Prov 4:17Ps 75:8

Proverbs 13:3³The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:23Prov 18:21Prov 18:7Jas 3:2-12Matt 12:36-37Ps 39:1Jas 1:26Prov 10:19Prov 20:19Prov 12:13

Proverbs 13:4⁴The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 12:24Prov 12:112 Pet 1:5-11Prov 10:4Prov 2:2-9Prov 11:25John 6:27Prov 28:25Heb 6:11Prov 8:34

Proverbs 13:5⁵The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:9Eph 4:25Ps 119:163Ezek 20:43Ezek 36:31Prov 3:35Rev 21:8Dan 12:2Ezek 6:9Prov 30:8

Proverbs 13:6⁶Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:3Prov 11:5-6Prov 21:12Ps 140:11Ps 15:2Ps 25:21Ps 26:1Prov 5:222 Chr 28:23

Proverbs 13:7⁷There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 18:11-14Rev 3:17Prov 11:24Prov 12:92 Cor 4:72 Cor 6:10Jas 2:5Luke 12:21Prov 13:112 Pet 2:19

Proverbs 13:8⁸The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 16:261 Pet 1:18-192 Kgs 24:14Ps 49:6-102 Kgs 25:12Jer 39:10Job 2:4Zeph 3:12Exod 21:30Jer 41:8

Proverbs 13:9⁹The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 24:20Prov 4:18Prov 20:20Ps 112:4Ps 97:11Job 18:5-6Matt 25:81 Kgs 11:36Isa 50:10-11Job 21:17

Proverbs 13:10¹⁰With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:20Prov 12:15-161 Tim 6:4Prov 17:143 John 1:9-10Jas 3:14-16Jas 4:1Luke 22:241 Kgs 12:10-111 Kgs 12:16

Proverbs 13:11¹¹Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:21Prov 10:2Jas 5:1-5Prov 28:8Job 27:16-17Prov 13:22-23Prov 27:23-27Prov 28:20Prov 28:22Hab 2:6-7

Proverbs 13:12¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 16:22Prov 13:19Ps 119:81-83Prov 11:30Prov 3:18Ps 17:15Ps 69:3Ps 143:7Gen 21:6-7Ps 40:2-3

Proverbs 13:13¹³The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems direction will be rewarded.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 15:312 Chr 36:162 John 1:8Ps 119:165Ezek 20:16Ezek 20:13Ps 19:11Ezek 20:24Ps 115:13Isa 66:2

Proverbs 13:14¹⁴Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:11Prov 14:27Ps 18:52 Sam 22:6-7Prov 16:17Prov 16:6Ps 116:3Prov 15:24Prov 16:22Prov 9:11

Proverbs 13:15¹⁵Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 2:19Prov 4:19Prov 15:10Rom 6:21Acts 7:10Prov 3:4Ps 111:10Ps 95:9-111 Sam 18:14-16Luke 2:52

Proverbs 13:16¹⁶Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:2Eph 5:17Prov 12:22-23Eccl 10:3Isa 52:13Rom 16:191 Cor 14:201 Sam 25:10-111 Sam 25:171 Sam 25:25

Proverbs 13:17¹⁷An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:131 Cor 4:22 Cor 5:20Ezek 33:7-81 Tim 1:122 Tim 2:2Ezek 3:182 Cor 2:17Jer 23:13-16Jer 23:28

Proverbs 13:18¹⁸The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:5Prov 15:31-32Prov 12:1Prov 13:13Prov 25:12Prov 19:6Prov 5:9-14Prov 9:9Heb 12:25Jer 5:3-9

Proverbs 13:19¹⁹A desire fulfilled will be sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:12Rev 7:14-17Prov 29:272 Tim 2:19Prov 16:17Ps 34:142 Tim 4:7-8Job 28:28Prov 16:6Prov 3:7

Proverbs 13:20²⁰The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:33-34Prov 15:31Prov 9:62 Cor 6:14-18Ps 119:63Rev 18:4Mal 3:16Prov 1:11-19Heb 10:24Prov 7:22-23

Proverbs 13:21²¹Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 32:10Isa 3:10-11Prov 13:13Rom 2:7-10Gen 4:7Ps 140:11Num 32:23Acts 28:4

Proverbs 13:22²²A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:26Job 27:16-17Prov 28:8Ps 37:25Ps 112:2Gen 17:7-8Ps 25:12-13Ezra 9:12Ps 128:6Ps 102:28

Proverbs 13:23²³Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 12:11Prov 28:19Eccl 5:9Eccl 8:5-6Ps 112:5Prov 27:18Prov 27:23-27Jer 8:7-10Prov 11:5-6Prov 12:14

Proverbs 13:24²⁴The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 29:17Prov 23:13-14Prov 29:15Prov 19:18Heb 12:6-8Prov 22:15Prov 3:12Prov 8:36

Proverbs 13:25²⁵The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 34:10Prov 10:3Heb 13:51 Tim 4:8Deut 32:24Prov 6:112 Thess 3:10Deut 28:48Isa 65:13-14Prov 24:34