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Proverbs 13 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:1 - A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:4 - The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:5 - The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:7 - A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:9 - There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:10 - The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13 - He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15 - Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16 - A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17 - A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18 - Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:20 - Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:21 - Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:22 - The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:23 - There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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