"Wisdom" Rev. Mattie Hutchison, Macedonia, Ohio

Proverbs 13

1 A Wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2 **A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
3 ††He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4 ‡The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath, nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is lothsome, and cometh to shame.
6 §Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7 ║There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches; and the poor heareth not rebuke.
9 *The light of the righteous rejoiceth;† but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
10 Only by pride cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
11 ‡‡Wealth gotten by vanity, shall be diminished; but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but when the desire cometh,§§ it is a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word, shall be destroyed; but he that feareth the commandment, shall be rewarded.
14 ║║The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
15 Good understanding giveth favour; but the way of transgressors is rough.
16 **Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but a fool layeth open his folly.





 

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old and New Testament: Translation (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2012), Pr 13.