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A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke. See also: Proverbs 15:5Proverbs 9:7-8Proverbs 15:20By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence. See also: Proverbs 12:14Proverbs 18:20Proverbs 10:11He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. See also: Proverbs 21:23Proverbs 18:21Proverbs 18:7The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied. See also: Proverbs 12:24Proverbs 12:112 Peter 1:5-11A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace. See also: Colossians 3:9Psalms 119:163Ephesians 4:25Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. See also: Proverbs 11:3Proverbs 11:5-6Psalms 140:11There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth. See also: Revelation 3:17Luke 18:11-14Proverbs 11:24The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. See also: Matthew 16:261 Peter 1:18-192 Kings 24:14The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. See also: Proverbs 24:20Proverbs 4:18Proverbs 20:20Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice. See also: Proverbs 19:20Proverbs 12:15-161 Timothy 6:4Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. See also: Proverbs 20:21Proverbs 10:2James 5:1-5Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. See also: John 16:22Proverbs 13:19Psalms 119:81-83Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded. See also: Numbers 15:312 Chronicles 36:16Psalms 119:165The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death. See also: Proverbs 10:11Proverbs 14:27Psalms 18:5Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. See also: Jeremiah 2:19Proverbs 4:19Proverbs 15:10Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly. See also: Proverbs 15:2Proverbs 12:22-23Ephesians 5:17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing. See also: Proverbs 25:13Ezekiel 33:7-82 Corinthians 5:20Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored. See also: Proverbs 15:5Proverbs 15:31-32Proverbs 12:1Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. See also: Proverbs 13:12Revelation 7:14-17Proverbs 29:27One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. See also: 1 Corinthians 15:33-34Proverbs 15:31Proverbs 9:6Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous. See also: Psalms 32:10Isaiah 3:10-11Proverbs 13:13A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous. See also: Ecclesiastes 2:26Job 27:16-17Proverbs 28:8An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away. See also: Proverbs 12:11Proverbs 28:19Ecclesiastes 5:9One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him. See also: Proverbs 29:17Proverbs 23:13-14Proverbs 29:15The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry. See also: Psalms 34:10Proverbs 10:3Hebrews 13:5
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)22 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Proverbs 13:1
Ver. 1. Doctrine. Or he gives proof of his good education, (C.) and excites even his father to advance in piety. Ven. Bede. --- Sept. "is obedient to his father; but the disobedient son is in destruction." H.
↑ 1Proverbs 13:2
Ver. 2. Mouth. In reward of his good speeches. C. --- Sept. "of justice the good man eateth; but the souls of the lawless perish before the time." C. xii. 13.
↑ 2Proverbs 13:3
Ver. 3. Hath. Heb. "who openeth his lips inconsiderately, is lost. Judg. xi. 35. H.
↑ 3Proverbs 13:4
Ver. 4. Willeth not. Heb. "hath not." He only desires riches, or to be converted, and will not labour. C. xxi. 25. Eccli. v. 8.
↑ 4Proverbs 13:5
Ver. 5. Confounded. The detractor is like swine, stirring up dirt. S. Chrys. 32. ad Pop. --- The liar is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. Aristot.
↑ 5Proverbs 13:6
Ver. 6. Sinner. Sym. "draweth on sin." Virtue is the best safeguard.
↑ 6Proverbs 13:7
Ver. 7. Riches. Such was S. Paul. 2 Cor. vi. 10. Some affect to be rich, while others are never satisfied. Semper avarus eget. Lazarus was very rich in God's sight.
↑ 7Proverbs 13:8
Ver. 8. Reprehension. Or is not able to defend himself, like the rich. C. --- He is not exposed so much to great revolutions. Bayn.
↑ 8Proverbs 13:9
Ver. 9. Out. They are hated as well as their offspring. C.
↑ 9Proverbs 13:10
Ver. 10. Contentions. As none will yield. M. --- Heb. "only by pride cometh contention." Prot.
--- "Pride is the mother of all sects." S. Aug.
↑ 10Proverbs 13:11
Ver. 11. Haste. Heb. "by vanity," and injustice. Those who become rich on a sudden fall under suspicion, as a Roman objected to Sylla, who had inherited nothing. Plut. --- By little. Heb. "he that gathereth by labour, (Sept. piety) shall increase." Prot. H.
↑ 11Proverbs 13:12
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 12. Hope. Sept. "(the just shews mercy and lends) better is he who begins heartily to assist, than he who promises and leads to hope. For a bad (Grabe substitutes good) desire is a tree of life." --- Soul. Prot. "maketh the heart sick." H. --- The pain increases in proportion to our eager desire. Calvin maintains, that the souls of the blessed are not yet in heaven, but hope: and of course he would establish a sort of purgatory for them. H.
↑ 12Proverbs 13:13
Ver. 13. Come. To defend what he has asserted, or to pass for a liar. Heb. "shall be destroyed by it." Mont. H. --- Those who despise God's order shall perish.
--- Deceitful, &c. This is not in Heb. nor in some of the Lat. edit. C. --- Sept. "to the deceitful son nothing shall be good. But the ways of the wise servant shall prosper, and his paths shall be made straight." C. xiv. 15. H.
↑ 13Proverbs 13:14
Ver. 14. That. Sept. "but the fool is slain in the snare." H.
↑ 14Proverbs 13:15
Ver. 15. Grace. God assists those who strive to be well instructed. C.
↑ 15Proverbs 13:17
Ver. 17. Of the. Heb. "a wicked ambassador." A king generally chooses people like himself. M.
--- Sept. have read melec. "A rash king shall," &c.
↑ 17Proverbs 13:18
Ver. 18. To him. Heb. "destroy discipline," so that the most wretched are often noted for immorality. Sept. "instruction takes away poverty," as "the whole earth supports the man that has a trade," technion, according to the Greek proverb. C.
↑ 18Proverbs 13:19
Ver. 19. That is. Sept. "of the pious, but the works of the impious are far from knowledge." H.
↑ 19Proverbs 13:20
Ver. 20. Become. Sept. "be known." A person's disposition may be seen by the company which he frequents.
↑ 20Proverbs 13:22
Ver. 22. Heirs. This was more observable under the old law: yet we often seem the distress to which the unjust are exposed. De male quæsitis non gaudet tertius hæres. C.
↑ 22Proverbs 13:23
Ver. 23. Fathers. Heirs often lose their property by their misconduct. Heb. and (H.) Chal. read,
"of the poor," who till their land better than those who have too large farms. M.
--- Nature requires but little. C. --- Sept. "the just shall spend many years in affluence: but the unjust are cut off at once." H.
↑ 23Proverbs 13:24
Ver. 24. Betimes. God has always treated his friends in this manner, to preserve them from sin, or to increase their reward. C.
↑ 24License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses