English Revised Version

Proverbs 13:11-18 English Revised Version (ERV)

11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall have increase.

12. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

13. Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself: 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 the treacherous is rugged.

16. Every prudent man worketh with knowledge: but a fool spreadeth out folly.

17. A wicked messenger falleth into evil: but a faithful ambassador is health.

18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.