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The (A)light of the righteous is glad,
But the (B)lamp of the wicked goes out.

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The light of the righteous brings joy,
but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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14 The [a]instruction of the wise is a (A)fountain of life,
To turn aside from the (B)snares of death.
15 (C)Good insight gives grace,
But the way of the treacherous is [b]unrelenting.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:14 Or law
  2. Proverbs 13:15 Lit constant

14 The teaching of a wise person is a fountain of life.
It can turn someone away from the snares of death.
15 Good sense yields grace,
but the way of the treacherous is unchanging.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:15 Or inescapable. The Hebrew reads the way of the treacherous always flows (that is, it is enduring). The translation above attempts to make sense of this difficult reading without emendation. Common emendations are to add the word not to the sentence (the way of the treacherous does not endure) or to change enduring to hard.

21 (A)Evil pursues sinners,
But the (B)righteous are repaid with good.

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21 Trouble pursues sinners,
but goodness repays the righteous.

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