13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but ^(A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
² From the fruit of his mouth a man ^(B)eats what is good,
    but the desire of the treacherous ^(C)is for violence.
^3 (D)Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    ^(E)he who opens wide his lips ^(F)comes to ruin.
^4 (G)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
    while the soul of the diligent ^(H)is richly supplied.
⁵ The righteous hates falsehood,
    but the wicked brings shame^[a] and disgrace.
^6 (I)Righteousness guards him whose ^(J)way is blameless,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.
^7 (K)One pretends to be rich,^[b] yet has nothing;
    ^(L)another pretends to be poor,^[c] yet has great wealth.
⁸ The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
    but a poor man ^(M)hears no threat.
^9 (N)The light of the righteous rejoices,
    but ^(O)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
^10 (P)By insolence comes nothing but strife,
    but with those who take advice is wisdom.
^11 (Q)Wealth gained hastily^[d] will dwindle,
    but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    ^(R)but a desire fulfilled is ^(S)a tree of life.
¹³ Whoever ^(T)despises ^(U)the word^[e] brings destruction on himself,
    but he who reveres the commandment^[f] will be ^(V)rewarded.
¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is ^(W)a fountain of life,
    that one may ^(X)turn away from the snares of death.
^15 (Y)Good sense wins ^(Z)favor,
    but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.^[g]
16 (AA)Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
    ^(AB)but a fool flaunts his folly.
¹⁷ A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
    but ^(AC)a faithful envoy brings healing.
¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace come to him who ^(AD)ignores instruction,
    ^(AE)but whoever ^(AF)heeds reproof is honored.
^19 (AG)A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
    but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
²⁰ Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
^21 (AH)Disaster^[h] pursues sinners,
    ^(AI)but the righteous are rewarded with good.
^22 (AJ)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
    but ^(AK)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
²³ The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
    but it is swept away through ^(AL)injustice.
^24 (AM)Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
    but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.^[i]
25 (AN)The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
    but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

30 “Ah, ^(A)stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
^(B)“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make ^(C)an alliance,^[a] but not of my Spirit,
    that they may add sin to sin;
^2 (D)who set out to go down to Egypt,
    without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
    and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
^3 (E)Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
    and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
⁴ For though his officials are at ^(F)Zoan
    and ^(G)his envoys reach ^(H)Hanes,
⁵ everyone comes to shame
    through ^(I)a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
    but shame and disgrace.”

⁸ And now, go, ^(P)write it before them on a tablet
    and inscribe it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come
    as a witness forever.^[b]
9 (Q)For they are a rebellious people,
    lying children,
children unwilling to hear
    the instruction of the Lord;
^10 (R)who say to ^(S)the seers, “Do not see,”
    and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us ^(T)smooth things,
    prophesy illusions,
¹¹ leave the way, turn aside from the path,
    let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
¹² Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
“Because you despise this word
    and trust in ^(U)oppression and perverseness
    and rely on them,
¹³ therefore this iniquity shall be to you
    ^(V)like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
    whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;
¹⁴ and its breaking is ^(W)like that of a potter's vessel
    that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a shard is found
    with which to take fire from the hearth,
    or to dip up water out of the cistern.”

¹⁸ Therefore the Lord ^(AB)waits to be gracious to you,
    and therefore he ^(AC)exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
    ^(AD)blessed are all those who wait for him.

31 Woe^[f] to ^(BJ)those who go down to Egypt for help
    and rely on horses,
who ^(BK)trust in chariots because they are many
    and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ^(BL)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
    or consult the Lord!
² And ^(BM)yet he is wise and brings disaster;
    ^(BN)he does not call back his words,
but ^(BO)will arise against the house of the evildoers
    and against the helpers of ^(BP)those who work iniquity.
³ The Egyptians are man, and not God,
    and their horses ^(BQ)are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
    the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
    and they will all perish together.

32 Behold, ^(CC)a king will reign in righteousness,
    and princes will rule in justice.
^2 (CD)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a shelter from the storm,
^(CE)like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
^3 (CF)Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
    and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
⁴ The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
    ^(CG)and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
^5 (CH)The fool will no more be called noble,
    nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
⁶ For ^(CI)the fool speaks folly,
    and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
    to utter error concerning the Lord,
^(CJ)to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
    and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
⁷ As for the scoundrel—^(CK)his devices are evil;
    he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
    even when the plea of the needy is right.
⁸ But he who is noble plans noble things,
    and on noble things he stands.

^9 (CL)Rise up, you women ^(CM)who are at ease, hear my voice;
    you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
¹⁰ In little more than a year
    you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
    the fruit harvest will not come.
¹¹ Tremble, you women ^(CN)who are at ease,
    shudder, you complacent ones;
^(CO)strip, and make yourselves bare,
    ^(CP)and tie sackcloth around your waist.
^12 (CQ)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vine,
^13 (CR)for the soil of my people
    growing up in thorns and briers,
^(CS)yes, for all the joyous houses
    in the exultant city.
¹⁴ For the palace is forsaken,
    the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
    will become dens forever,
^(CT)a joy of wild donkeys,
    a pasture of flocks;
¹⁵ until ^(CU)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
    and ^(CV)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
^17 (CW)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust^[i] forever.
¹⁸ My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
    in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
^19 (CX)And it will hail when the forest falls down,
    ^(CY)and the city will be utterly laid low.
^20 (CZ)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
    who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.