Proverbs 13:1

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

“ ‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes Yahweh. That soul shall be cut off from among his people.

For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”

Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley had ripened and the flax was blooming.

So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word, and will not find it.

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.

So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.

Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.

They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.”

We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

But you know the proof of him, that as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,