Mishle 13

Orthodox Jewish Bible

13 A ben chacham heareth his musar av, but a scoffer heareth not ge’arah (scolding, rebuke).

² An ish shall eat tov by the fruit of his peh (mouth), but the nefesh of the bogedim (unfaithful ones, traitors) shall eat chamas.

³ He that is shomer over his peh (mouth) guards his nefesh, but he that openeth wide his sfatayim (lips) shall have ruin.

⁴ The nefesh of the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) desireth, and hath nothing, but the nefesh of the kharutzim (diligent ones) shall have ample provision.

⁵ A tzaddik hateth sheker, but a wicked man is shamefully loathsome, and bringeth disgrace.

⁶ Tzedakah is guard over him whose derech is blameless, but wickedness overthroweth the chattat (sinner).

⁷ There is one who maketh himself out to be rich, yet hath nothing; there is one that maketh himself out to be poor, yet hath hon rav (great wealth).

⁸ The riches of an ish is kofer (ransom) for his nefesh (life), but the poor heareth no threat.

⁹ The ohr (light) of the tzaddik rejoiceth, but the ner (lamp) of the resha’im (wicked) shall be put out.

¹⁰ By zadon (pride) cometh only contention, but with the teachable is chochmah.

¹¹ Hon (wealth) gotten by dishonesty shall be diminished, but he that gathereth incrementally shall have an increment.

¹² Hope deferred maketh the lev sick, but when the ta’avah (desire) cometh, it is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life).

¹³ He who despiseth the davar shall be destroyed, but he that feareth the mitzvah shall be rewarded.

¹⁴ The torat chacham (teaching of the wise) is a makor chayyim (fountain of life), to turn one away from the snares of mavet.

¹⁵ Seichel tov giveth favor, but the derech bogedim (way of traitors) is hard.

¹⁶ Every prudent man acts with da’as, but a kesil (fool) displays his folly.

¹⁷ A malach rasha falleth into rah (trouble), but a tzir emunim (trustworthy envoy) is marpeh (healing).

¹⁸ Poverty and shame shall be to him that disdains musar, but he that is shomer over tokhakhat (reproof) shall be honored.

¹⁹ The ta’avah (desire, longing) fulfilled is sweet to the nefesh, but it is to’evat kesilim (the abomination of fools) to depart from rah.

²⁰ He that walketh with chachamim shall be wise, but a companion of kesilim (fools) shall come to harm.

²¹ Ra’ah (disaster) pursueth chatta’im (sinners), but tov is the reward of the tzaddikim.

²² A tov (good man) leaveth an inheritance to his bnei banim, and the wealth of the choteh (sinner) is laid up for the tzaddik.

²³ Rav ochel (much food) is in the untilled ground of the poor, but for want of mishpat (justice) it is swept away.

²⁴ He that spareth his shevet (rod) hateth bno (his son), but he that loveth him is diligent in his musar (discipline).

²⁵ The tzaddik (righteous) eateth to the satisfying of his nefesh (soul), but the beten (stomach) of the resha’im shall want.