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Proverbs 13 (CEV)

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¹ Children with good sense accept correction from their parents, but stubborn children ignore it completely. ² You will be well rewarded for saying something kind, but all some people think about is how to be cruel and mean. ³ Keep what you know to yourself, and you will be safe; talk too much, and you are done for. ⁴ No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough. ⁵ A good person hates deceit, but those who are evil cause shame and disgrace. ⁶ Live right, and you are safe! But sin will destroy you. ⁷ Some who have nothing may pretend to be rich, and some who have everything may pretend to be poor. ⁸ The rich may have to pay a ransom, but the poor don't have that problem. ⁹ The lamp of a good person keeps on shining; the lamp of an evil person soon goes out. ¹⁰ Too much pride causes trouble. Be sensible and take advice. ¹¹ Money wrongly gotten will disappear bit by bit; money earned little by little will grow and grow. ¹² Not getting what you want can make you feel sick, but a wish that comes true is a life-giving tree. ¹³ If you reject God's teaching, you will pay the price; if you obey his commands, you will be rewarded. ¹⁴ Sensible instruction is a life-giving fountain that helps you escape all deadly traps. ¹⁵ Sound judgment is praised, but people without good sense are on the way to disaster. ¹⁶ If you have good sense, you will act sensibly, but fools act like fools. ¹⁷ Whoever delivers your message can make things better or worse for you. ¹⁸ All who refuse correction will be poor and disgraced; all who accept correction will be praised. ¹⁹ It's a good feeling to get what you want, but only a stupid fool hates to turn from evil. ²⁰ Wise friends make you wise, but you hurt yourself by going around with fools. ²¹ You are in for trouble if you sin, but you will be rewarded if you live right. ²² If you obey God, you will have something to leave your grandchildren. If you don't obey God, those who live right will get what you leave. ²³ Even when the land of the poor produces good crops, they get cheated out of what they grow. ²⁴ If you love your children, you will correct them; if you don't love them, you won't correct them. ²⁵ If you live right, you will have plenty to eat; if you don't live right, you will go away empty.