Proverbs 13:19-14:6 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
- 19
- A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- 20
- He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- 21
- Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous, good shall be repaid.
- 22
- A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
- 23
- Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, and for lack of justice there is waste.
- 24
- He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
- 25
- The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the stomach of the wicked shall be in want.
- 1
- The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
- 2
- He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
- 3
- In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
- 4
- Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but much increase comes by the strength of an ox.
- 5
- A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness will utter lies.
- 6
- A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.