Proverbs
Chapters 13:18-24
Amplified Bible
18Poverty and shame come to him who refuses instruction and correction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.
19Satisfied desire is sweet to a person; therefore it is hateful and exceedingly offensive to [self-confident] fools to give up evil [upon which they have set their hearts].
20He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it. [Isa. 32:6.]
21Evil pursues sinners, but the consistently upright and in right standing with God is recompensed with good.
22A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up.
23Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.
24He who spares his rod [of discipline] hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines diligently and punishes him early. [Prov. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13; 29:15, 17.]