Proverbs 13

New King James Version

Wisdom Loves Righteousness

13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
^(A)But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

²^(B)A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth,
But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.
³^(C)He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

⁴^(D)The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

⁵A righteous man hates lying,
But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
⁶^(E)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

⁷^(F)There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing;
And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

⁸The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
But the poor does not hear rebuke.

⁹The light of the righteous rejoices,
^(G)But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

¹⁰By pride comes nothing but ^(H)strife,
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

¹¹^(I)Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,
But he who gathers by labor will increase.

¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But ^(J)when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

¹³He who ^(K)despises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
¹⁴^(L)The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn one away from ^(M)the snares of death.

¹⁵Good understanding ^[a]gains ^(N)favor,
But the way of the unfaithful is hard.
¹⁶^(O)Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
But a fool lays open his folly.

¹⁷A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
But ^(P)a faithful ambassador brings health.

¹⁸Poverty and shame will come to him who ^[b]disdains correction,
But ^(Q)he who regards a rebuke will be honored.

¹⁹A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

²⁰He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

²¹^(R)Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

²²A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
But ^(S)the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

²³^(T)Much food is in the ^[c]fallow ground of the poor,
And for lack of justice there is ^[d]waste.

²⁴^(U)He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him ^[e]promptly.

²⁵^(V)The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul,
But the stomach of the wicked shall be in want.

Footnotes

Proverbs 13:15 gives
Proverbs 13:18 Lit. ignores
Proverbs 13:23 uncultivated
Proverbs 13:23 Lit. what is swept away
Proverbs 13:24 early

John 8:12-30

New King James Version

¹²Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ^(A)“I am the light of the world. He who ^(B)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Jesus Defends His Self-Witness

¹³The Pharisees therefore said to Him, ^(C)“You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not ^[a]true.”

¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but ^(D)you do not know where I come from and where I am going. ¹⁵^(E)You judge according to the flesh; ^(F)I judge no one. ¹⁶And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for ^(G)I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. ¹⁷^(H)It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸I am One who bears witness of Myself, and ^(I)the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

¹⁹Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”

Jesus answered, ^(J)“You know neither Me nor My Father. ^(K)If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”

²⁰These words Jesus spoke in ^(L)the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and ^(M)no one laid hands on Him, for ^(N)His hour had not yet come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

²¹Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and ^(O)you will seek Me, and ^(P)will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.”

²²So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?”

²³And He said to them, ^(Q)“You are from beneath; I am from above. ^(R)You are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴^(S)Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; ^(T)for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”

And Jesus said to them, “Just what I ^(U)have been saying to you from the beginning. ²⁶I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but ^(V)He who sent Me is true; and ^(W)I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”

²⁷They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

²⁸Then Jesus said to them, “When you ^(X)lift^[b] up the Son of Man, ^(Y)then you will know that I am He, and ^(Z)that I do nothing of Myself; but ^(AA)as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. ²⁹And ^(AB)He who sent Me is with Me. ^(AC)The Father has not left Me alone, ^(AD)for I always do those things that please Him.” ³⁰As He spoke these words, ^(AE)many believed in Him.