Proverbs 13

Proverbs 13:3

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life.

He, that looks carefully to his tongue, restraining it from many and offensive words, takes a safe course for the preserving of his life, which is ofttimes endangered by much and wild talking.

Proverbs 13:7

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing.

There be some, that brag, and make ostentation of much wealth; affecting to be counted rich, when, indeed, they have little or nothing, that may be justly called theirs.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

The heart of the righteous man shall be exceedingly cheered, with those true causes of joy, which God gives unto him; but the seeming and false mirth of wicked men, wherewith they vainly please themselves, shall be soon put out and end in sorrow.

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The law of God, which is the matter and scope whereto all the instruction of wise teachers tendeth, is that fountain, from which spiritual and eternal life floweth, and the only means to deliver the soul from the snares of everlasting death.

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding giveth favour; but the way of transgressors is hard.

Good insight into businesses, and discreet carriage of them, procureth thankful acceptance; but those, that take wrong courses, cause much trouble and vexation.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the tillage of the poor.

Even a poor man, by pains and industry, may grow rich; and, by his laborious tillage, obtaineth a large crop.