Proverbs 13:6-16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁶ Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.^(A)
7 Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing;
    others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.^(B)
8 Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
    but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.
⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices,^[a]
    but the lamp of the wicked goes out.^(C)
10 By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.^(D)
11 Wealth hastily gotten^[b] will dwindle,
    but those who gather little by little will increase it.^(E)
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
¹³ Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves,
    but those who respect a command will be rewarded.^(F)
14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
    so that one may avoid the snares of death.^(G)
15 Good sense wins favor,
    but the way of the faithless is their ruin.^[c](H)
16 The clever do all things intelligently,
    but the fool displays folly.^(I)