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Hebrew interlinear — Proverbs 13:1–25 (182 words)
1
  1. בֵּ֣ןbēnben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  2. חָ֭כָםḥākomchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  3. מ֣וּסַרmûsarmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
  4. אָ֑בʾābab: fatherH1
  5. וְ֝לֵ֗ץwĕlēṣluwts: (properly) to make mouths at, i.e. to scoffH3887
  6. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. שָׁמַ֥עšāmaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  8. גְּעָרָֽה׃gĕʿārâg`arah: a chidingH1606
2
  1. מִפְּרִ֣יmippĕrîpriy: fruit (literally or figuratively)H6529
  2. פִיpîpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
  3. אִ֭ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  4. יֹ֣אכַלyōʾkalakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  5. ט֑וֹבṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  6. וְנֶ֖פֶשׁwĕnepešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  7. בֹּגְדִ֣יםbōgĕdîmbagad: to cover (with a garment); (figuratively) to act covertlyH898
  8. חָמָֽס׃ḥāmāschamac: violence; (by implication) wrongH2555
3
  1. נֹצֵ֣רnōṣērnatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
  2. פִּ֭יוpîwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
  3. שֹׁמֵ֣רšōmērshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  4. נַפְשׁ֑וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  5. פֹּשֵׂ֥קpōśēqpasaq: to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentiousH6589
  6. שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוśĕpātāywsaphah: the lip (as a natural boundary); (by implication) languageH8193
  7. מְחִתָּהmĕḥittâmchittah: (properly) a dissolution; (concretely) a ruinH4288
4
  1. מִתְאַוָּ֣הmitʾawwâavah: to wish forH183
  2. וָ֭אַיִןwāʾayinayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  3. נַפְשׁ֣וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  4. עָצֵ֑לʿāṣēl`atsel: indolentH6102
  5. וְנֶ֖פֶשׁwĕnepešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  6. חָרֻצִ֣יםḥāruṣîmcharuwts: (properly) incised or (active) incisiveH2742
  7. תְּדֻשָּֽׁן׃tĕduššāndashen: to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat)H1878
5
  1. דְּבַרdĕbardabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  2. שֶׁ֭קֶרšeqersheqer: an untruth; (by implication, often adverbial) a fraud or deceit (i.e. fraudulently, deceitfully)H8267
  3. יִשְׂנָ֣אyiśnāʾsane': to hate (personally)H8130
  4. צַדִּ֑יקṣaddîqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  5. וְ֝רָשָׁ֗עwĕrāšāʿrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  6. יַבְאִ֥ישׁyabʾîšba'ash: to smell bad; (figuratively) to be offensive morallyH887
  7. וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃wĕyaḥpîrchapher: to blush; (figuratively) to be ashamed, disappointedH2659
6
  1. צְ֭דָקָהṣĕdāqâtsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
  2. תִּצֹּ֣רtiṣṣōrnatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
  3. תָּםtāmtom: completeness; (figuratively) prosperityH8537
  4. דָּ֑רֶךְdārekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  5. וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗הwĕrišʿârish`ah: wrong (especially moral)H7564
  6. תְּסַלֵּ֥ףtĕsallēpcalaph: (properly) to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvertH5557
  7. חַטָּֽאת׃ḥaṭṭātchatta'ah: an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403
7
  1. יֵ֣שׁyēšyesh: entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961)H3426
  2. מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁרmitʿaššēr`ashar: (properly) to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) richH6238
  3. וְאֵ֣יןwĕʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  4. כֹּ֑לkōlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  5. מִ֝תְרוֹשֵׁ֗שׁmitrôšēšruwsh: to be destituteH7326
  6. וְה֣וֹןwĕhônhown: wealth; (by implication) enoughH1952
  7. רָֽב׃rābrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
8
  1. כֹּ֣פֶרkōperkopher: (properly) a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in)H3724
  2. נֶֽפֶשׁnepešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  3. אִ֣ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  4. עָשְׁר֑וֹʿošrô`osher: wealthH6239
  5. וְ֝רָ֗שׁwĕrāšruwsh: to be destituteH7326
  6. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. שָׁמַ֥עšāmaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  8. גְּעָרָֽה׃gĕʿārâg`arah: a chidingH1606
9
  1. אוֹרʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  2. צַדִּיקִ֥יםṣaddîqîmtsaddiyq: justH6662
  3. יִשְׂמָ֑חyiśmāḥsamach: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomeH8055
  4. וְנֵ֖רwĕnērniyr: H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)H5216
  5. רְשָׁעִ֣יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  6. יִדְעָֽךְ׃yidʿākda`ak: to be extinguished; (figuratively) to expire or be dried upH1846
10
  1. רַקraqraq: (properly) leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitationH7535
  2. בְּ֭זָדוֹןbĕzādônzadown: arroganceH2087
  3. יִתֵּ֣ןyittēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  4. מַצָּ֑הmaṣṣâmatstsah: a quarrelH4683
  5. וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
  6. נ֖וֹעָצִ֣יםnôʿāṣîmya`ats: to advise; (reflexively) to deliberate or resolveH3289
  7. חָכְמָֽה׃ḥokmâchokmah: wisdom (in a good sense)H2451
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  1. ה֭וֹןhônhown: wealth; (by implication) enoughH1952
  2. מֵהֶ֣בֶלmēhebelhebel: emptiness or vanity; (figuratively) something transitory and unsatisfactoryH1892
  3. יִמְעָ֑טyimʿāṭma`at: (properly) to pare off, i.e. lessenH4591
  4. וְקֹבֵ֖ץwĕqōbēṣqabats: to grasp, i.e. collectH6908
  5. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. יָ֣דyādyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  7. יַרְבֶּֽה׃yarberabah: to increase (in whatever respect)H7235
12
  1. תּוֹחֶ֣לֶתtôḥelettowcheleth: expectationH8431
  2. מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָהmĕmuššākâmashak: to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march...H4900
  3. מַחֲלָהmaḥălâchalah: (properly) to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflictedH2470
  4. לֵ֑בlēbleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  5. וְעֵ֥ץwĕʿēṣ`ets: a tree (from its firmness); (hence) wood (plural sticks)H6086
  6. חַ֝יִּ֗יםḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  7. תַּאֲוָ֥הtaʾăwâta'avah: a longing; (by implication) a delightH8378
  8. בָאָֽה׃bāʾâbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
13
  1. בָּ֣זbāzbuwz: to disrespectH936
  2. לְ֭דָבָרlĕdābordabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  3. יֵחָ֣בֶלyēḥābelchabal: to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bindH2254
  4. ל֑וֹlô
  5. וִירֵ֥אwîrēʾyare': fearing; morally, reverentH3373
  6. מִ֝צְוָ֗הmiṣwâmitsvah: a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)H4687
  7. ה֣וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  8. יְשֻׁלָּֽם׃yĕšullāmshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
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  1. תּוֹרַ֣תtôrattowrah: a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451
  2. חָ֭כָםḥākomchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  3. מְק֣וֹרmĕqôrmaqowr: (properly) something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowingH4726
  4. חַיִּ֑יםḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  5. לָ֝ס֗וּרlāsûrcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
  6. מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁיmimmōqĕšêmowqesh: (literally or figuratively) a noose (for catching animals)H4170
  7. מָֽוֶת׃māwetmaveth: death (natural or violent); (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades)H4194
15
  1. שֵֽׂכֶלśēkelsekel: intelligence; (by implication) successH7922
  2. ט֭וֹבṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  3. יִתֶּןyittennathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  4. חֵ֑ןḥēnchen: graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)H2580
  5. וְדֶ֖רֶךְwĕderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  6. בֹּגְדִ֣יםbōgĕdîmbagad: to cover (with a garment); (figuratively) to act covertlyH898
  7. אֵיתָֽן׃ʾêtāneythan: permanence; (hence, concretely) permanentH386
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  1. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  2. עָ֭רוּםʿārûm`aruwm: cunning (usually in a bad sense)H6175
  3. יַעֲשֶׂ֣הyaʿăśe`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  4. בְדָ֑עַתbĕdāʿatda`ath: knowledgeH1847
  5. וּ֝כְסִ֗ילûkĕsîlkciyl: (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or sillyH3684
  6. יִפְרֹ֥שׂyiprōśparas: to break apart, disperse, etcH6566
  7. אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiwweletivveleth: sillinessH200
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  1. מַלְאָ֣ךְmalʾākmal'ak: a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)H4397
  2. רָ֭שָׁעrāšoʿrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  3. יִפֹּ֣לyippōlnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
  4. בְּרָ֑עbĕrāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  5. וְצִ֖ירwĕṣîrtsiyr: a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure)H6735
  6. אֱמוּנִ֣יםʾĕmûnîmemuwn: established; (figuratively) trustyH529
  7. מַרְפֵּֽא׃marpēʾmarpe': (properly) curative; (literally, concretely) a medicineH4832
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  1. רֵ֣ישׁrêšreysh: povertyH7389
  2. וְ֭קָלוֹןwĕqālônqalown: disgrace; (by implication) the pudendaH7036
  3. פּוֹרֵ֣עַpôrēaʿpara`: to loosen; (by implication) to expose, dismissH6544
  4. מוּסָ֑רmûsārmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
  5. וְשֹׁמֵ֖רwĕšōmērshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  6. תּוֹכַ֣חַתtôkaḥattowkechah: chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)H8433
  7. יְכֻבָּֽד׃yĕkubbādkabad: to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorableH3513
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  1. תַּאֲוָ֣הtaʾăwâta'avah: a longing; (by implication) a delightH8378
  2. נִ֭הְיָהnihyâhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  3. תֶּעֱרַ֣בteʿĕrab`areb: to be agreeableH6149
  4. לְנָ֑פֶשׁlĕnāpešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  5. וְתוֹעֲבַ֥תwĕtôʿăbattow`ebah: (properly) something disgusting; (morally, as noun) an abhorrenceH8441
  6. כְּ֝סִילִ֗יםkĕsîlîmkciyl: (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or sillyH3684
  7. ס֣וּרsûrcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
  8. מֵרָֽע׃mērāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
20
  1. הלֹוֵ֣ךְhlōwēkhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  2. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
  3. חֲכָמִ֣יםḥăkāmîmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  4. וֶחְכָּ֑םweḥkāmchakam: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiserH2449
  5. וְרֹעֶ֖הwĕrōʿera`ah: to tend a flock i.e. pasture it; (intransitively, literally or figuratively) to grazeH7462
  6. כְסִילִ֣יםkĕsîlîmkciyl: (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or sillyH3684
  7. יֵרֽוֹעַ׃yērôaʿruwa`: to mar (especially by breaking); (figuratively) to split the ears (with sound)H7321
21
  1. חַ֭טָּאִיםḥaṭṭāʾîmchatta': a criminal, or one accounted guiltyH2400
  2. תְּרַדֵּ֣ףtĕraddēpradaph: to run after (usually with hostile intentH7291
  3. רָעָ֑הrāʿâra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  4. וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  5. צַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםṣaddîqîmtsaddiyq: justH6662
  6. יְשַׁלֶּםyĕšallemshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
  7. טֽוֹב׃ṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
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  1. ט֗וֹבṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  2. יַנְחִ֥ילyanḥîlnachal: to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent)H5157
  3. בְּנֵֽיbĕnêben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  4. בָנִ֑יםbānîmben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  5. וְצָפ֥וּןwĕṣāpûntsaphan: to hide (by covering over); (by implication) to hoard or reserveH6845
  6. לַ֝צַּדִּ֗יקlaṣṣaddîqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  7. חֵ֣ילḥêlchayil: probably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428
  8. חוֹטֵֽא׃ḥôṭēʾchata': (properly) to miss; (hence, figuratively and generally) to sinH2398
23
  1. רָבrābrob: abundance (in any respect)H7230
  2. אֹ֭כֶלʾōkelokel: foodH400
  3. נִ֣ירnîrniyr: (properly) plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed landH5215
  4. רָאשִׁ֑יםrāʾšîmruwsh: to be destituteH7326
  5. וְיֵ֥שׁwĕyēšyesh: entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961)H3426
  6. נִ֝סְפֶּ֗הnispecaphah: (properly) to scrape; (literally) to shaveH5595
  7. בְּלֹ֣אbĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. מִשְׁפָּֽט׃mišpāṭmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
24
  1. חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְḥôśēkchasak: to restrain; (reflexively) refrainH2820
  2. שִׁ֭בְטוֹšibṭôshebet: a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a...H7626
  3. שׂוֹנֵ֣אśônēʾsane': to hate (personally)H8130
  4. בְנ֑וֹbĕnôben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  5. וְ֝אֹהֲב֗וֹwĕʾōhăbôahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  6. שִֽׁחֲר֥וֹšiḥărôshachar: (properly) to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness)H7836
  7. מוּסָֽר׃mûsārmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
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  1. צַדִּ֗יקṣaddîqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  2. אֹ֭כֵלʾōkēlakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  3. לְשֹׂ֣בַעlĕśōbaʿsoba`: satisfaction (of food or (figuratively) joy)H7648
  4. נַפְשׁ֑וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  5. וּבֶ֖טֶןûbeṭenbeten: the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingH990
  6. רְשָׁעִ֣יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  7. תֶּחְסָֽר׃teḥsārchacer: to lack; (by implication) to fail, want, lessenH2637

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Strong's words in Proverbs 13 (6)
Strong's H5315 — וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ (wĕnepeš)
nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) [from H5314] KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Root(s): H5314. Appears 7 times in Proverbs 13.
Strong's H6662 — צַדִּ֑יק (ṣaddîq)
tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') adj. 1. just [from H6663] KJV: just, lawful, righteous (man). Root(s): H6663. Appears 5 times in Proverbs 13.
Strong's H1121 — בֵּ֣ן (bēn)
ben (bane) n-m. 1. a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001 H0251, etc.)) [from H1129] KJV: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. Root(s): H1129 See also: H1, H251. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 13.
Strong's H2896 — ט֑וֹב (ṭôb)
towb (tobe) adj. 1. good (as an adjective) in the widest sense 2. used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman 3. the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well) [from H2895] KJV: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well (-favoured). Root(s): H2895. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 13.
Strong's H7563 — וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע (wĕrāšāʿ)
rasha` (raw-shaw') adj. 1. morally wrong 2. (concretely) an (actively) bad person [from H7561] KJV: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. Root(s): H7561. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 13.
Strong's H2450 — חָ֭כָם (ḥākom)
chakam (khaw-kawm') adj. 1. wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful) [from H2449] KJV: cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man). Root(s): H2449. Appears 3 times in Proverbs 13.

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“Scripture declares that really “his own wealth is the redemption of the soul of man,” that is, if a person is rich, he will obtain salvation by sharing his wealth.”

What the Early Church wrote about Proverbs 13 (4)

  • ““The just man,” Scripture says, “eats and fills his soul; but the belly of the wicked is ever in want,” ever hungry with a greed that cannot be quenched.”

  • “And what use is it to recount how many, because of their failure to manage properly their material riches, have received the same punishment as the rich man in the Gospel? Or how many, because they bore poverty ignobly with behavior more lowly and base than was proper among sa...”

    — Origen (3rd century) on Proverbs 13:8

  • “We must consider the food promised in the law as the food of the soul, which is to satisfy not both parts of a person’s nature but the soul only. And the words of the gospel, although probably containing a deeper meaning, may yet be taken in their more simple and obvious sense...”

  • “In these things, then, they have shown themselves the servants of God, inasmuch as they have hated, trodden under foot and despised money, and have thus fulfilled what is written: “The ransom of a man’s life are his riches.””

    — Peter of Alexandria (4th century) on Proverbs 13:8

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