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diff --git a/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_13_read.txt b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_13_read.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b50862b --- /dev/null +++ b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_13_read.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Proverbs. +Chapter 13. +A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words. +A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts. +He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction. +The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat. +The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame. +Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin. +A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth. +A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words. +There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out. +The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit. +Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased. +Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life. +He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded. +The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death. +Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction. +A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts. +A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well. +Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured. +To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish. +Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken. +Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good. +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. +There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing. +He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care. +The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers. |