Proverbs 13:1

CHAPTER XIII

Various moral sentences; the wise child; continence of speech;

of the poor rich man and the rich poor man; ill-gotten wealth;

delay of what is hoped for; the bad consequences of refusing

instruction; providing for one's children; the necessity of

correcting them, c.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIII

Verse Proverbs 13:1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction] The child that has had a proper nurturing, will profit by his father's counsels but the child that is permitted to fulfil its own will and have its own way, will jest at the reproofs of its parents.