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Proverbs 13 Brenton's English Septuagint

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  • Individual translator
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1844
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Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.
1 A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.
2 A good [man] shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.
2 By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.
3 He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
3 He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
4 Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.
4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
5 A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence.
5 A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace. 6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
7 There are [some] who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are [some] who bring themselves down in [the midst of] much wealth.
7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
8 A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening.
8 The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
9 The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched.
9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
9a Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.
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10 A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.
11 Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.
11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
12 Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads [another] to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
13 He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health [of soul].
13 Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
13a To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright.
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14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.
14 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
15 Sound discretion gives favour, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction.
15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief.
16 Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.
17 A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.
17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
18 Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honoured.
18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
19 The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.
19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
20 If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.
20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
21 Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous.
21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
22 A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
23 The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.
23 An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
24 He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens [him].
24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
25 A just [man] eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.
25 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
Cross references (26)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 9:7–8; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 4:1–14; Proverbs 10:1
  2. 2 Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 18:20; Proverbs 10:11; Psalm 140:11; Proverbs 1:31
  3. 3 Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 18:7; James 3:2–12; Matthew 12:36–37
  4. 4 Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:11; 2 Peter 1:5–11; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 2:2–9
  5. 5 Colossians 3:9; Psalm 119:163; Ephesians 4:25; Ezekiel 36:31; Ezekiel 20:43
  6. 7 Revelation 3:17; Luke 18:11–14; Proverbs 11:24; Proverbs 12:9; 2 Corinthians 6:10
  7. 8 Matthew 16:26; 1 Peter 1:18–19; 2 Kings 24:14; Psalm 49:6–10; 2 Kings 25:12
  8. 9 Proverbs 24:20; Proverbs 4:18; Proverbs 20:20; Psalm 97:11; Psalm 112:4
  9. 10 Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 12:15–16; Proverbs 17:14; 1 Timothy 6:4; James 4:1
  10. 11 Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 10:2; James 5:1–5; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 27:23–27
  11. 12 John 16:22; Proverbs 13:19; Psalm 119:81–83; Psalm 17:15; Proverbs 11:30
  12. 13 Numbers 15:31; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Psalm 119:165; 2 John 8; Ezekiel 20:16
  13. 14 Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 10:11; Psalm 18:5; 2 Samuel 22:6–7; Psalm 116:3
  14. 15 Jeremiah 2:19; Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 15:10; Romans 6:21; Psalm 95:9–11
  15. 16 Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 12:22–23; Ephesians 5:17; Isaiah 52:13; Ecclesiastes 10:3
  16. 17 Proverbs 25:13; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Timothy 1:12; Ezekiel 33:7–8
  17. 18 Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 15:31–32; Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 25:12
  18. 19 Proverbs 13:12; Revelation 7:14–17; Proverbs 29:27; 2 Timothy 2:19; Proverbs 16:17
  19. 20 1 Corinthians 15:33–34; Proverbs 15:31; Proverbs 9:6; 2 Corinthians 6:14–18; Psalm 119:63
  20. 21 Psalm 32:10; Isaiah 3:10–11; Proverbs 13:13; Romans 2:7–10; Genesis 4:7
  21. 22 Ecclesiastes 2:26; Job 27:16–17; Proverbs 28:8; Psalm 37:25; Psalm 112:2
  22. 23 Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19; Ecclesiastes 5:9; Psalm 112:5; Ecclesiastes 8:5–6
  23. 24 Proverbs 29:17; Proverbs 23:13–14; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Hebrews 12:6–8
  24. 25 Psalm 34:10; Proverbs 10:3; Hebrews 13:5; 1 Timothy 4:8; Deuteronomy 32:24
  25. 9a Proverbs 24:20; Proverbs 4:18; Proverbs 20:20; Psalm 97:11; Psalm 112:4
  26. 13a Numbers 15:31; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Psalm 119:165; 2 John 8; Ezekiel 20:16

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 13:9 Basil of Caesarea, Hexaemeron (Homily II)

    No one will contradict this; least of all he who looks for celestial light as one of the rewards promised to virtue, the light which, as Solomon says, is always a light to the righteous, the light which made the Apostle say "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)