Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years(C)
    and bring you peace and prosperity.(D)

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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

(A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
    (B)but let your heart keep my commandments,
for (C)length of days and years of life
    and (D)peace they will add to you.

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My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.(A)
Do not rebuke mockers(B) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.(C)
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.(D)

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Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
    and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
(A)Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
    (B)reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Give instruction[a] to a wise man, and he will be (C)still wiser;
    teach a righteous man, and he will (D)increase in learning.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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The wise in heart accept commands,
    but a chattering fool comes to ruin.(A)

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(A)The wise of heart will receive commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

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The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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15 The way of fools seems right to them,(A)
    but the wise listen to advice.(B)

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15 (A)The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but a wise man listens to advice.

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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)

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13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but (A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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13 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,(A)
    but whoever respects(B) a command is rewarded.(C)

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13 Whoever (A)despises (B)the word[a] brings destruction on himself,
    but he who reveres the commandment[b] will be (C)rewarded.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:13 Or a word
  2. Proverbs 13:13 Or a commandment

13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

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31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.(A)

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31 (A)The ear that listens to (B)life-giving reproof
    will dwell among the wise.

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31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.(A)

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16 Whoever (A)keeps the commandment keeps his life;
    he who despises his ways will die.

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16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

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