Proverbs
Chapters 13:17-23
Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version
17Disaster will catch up to the wicked messenger, but a runner who can be trusted will bring peace.
18If you refuse to learn from your mistakes, you will be poor, and no one will respect you. If you listen when you are criticized, you will be honored.
19People are happy when they get what they want. But stupid people want nothing but evil, and they refuse to change.
20Be friends with those who are wise, and you will become wise. Choose fools to be your friends, and you will have trouble.
21Trouble chases sinners wherever they go, but good things happen to good people.
22It is good to have something to pass down to your grandchildren. But wealth hidden away by sinners will be given to those who live right.
23The poor might have good land that produces plenty of food, but bad decisions can take it away.