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Text -- Proverbs 13:1-7 (NET)

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13:1 A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. 13:2 From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence. 13:3 The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin. 13:4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied. 13:5 The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace. 13:6 Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. 13:7 There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.
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NET Notes: Pro 13:1 The “scoffer” is the worst kind of fool. He has no respect for authority, reviles worship of God, and is unteachable because he thinks he ...

NET Notes: Pro 13:2 The LXX reads “the souls of the wicked perish untimely.” The MT makes sense as it stands.

NET Notes: Pro 13:3 Tight control over what one says prevents trouble (e.g., Prov 10:10; 17:28; Jas 3:1-12; Sir 28:25). Amenemope advises to “sleep a night before s...

NET Notes: Pro 13:4 Heb “will be made fat” (cf. KJV, NASB); NRSV “is richly supplied.”

NET Notes: Pro 13:5 Heb “acts shamefully and disgracefully.” The verb בָּאַשׁ (ba’ash) literally means “...

NET Notes: Pro 13:6 Righteousness and wickedness are personified in this proverb to make the point of security and insecurity for the two courses of life.

NET Notes: Pro 13:7 The proverb seems to be a general observation on certain people in life, but it is saying more. Although there are times when such pretending may not ...

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