Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame [are to] him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador is health.
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,
Proverbs 12:1He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 15:5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.
Proverbs 19:6Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
Jeremiah 3:25Let us lay down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us, for we have sinned against LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of LORD our God.
Hebrews 12:25Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:18
17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. Here we have, 1. The ill consequences of betraying a trust. A wicked messenger, who, being sent to negotiate any business, is false to him that employed him, divulges his counsels, and so defeats his designs, cannot expect to prosper, but will certainly fall into some mischief or other, will be discovered and punished, since nothing is more hateful to God and man than the treachery of those that have a confidence reposed in them. 2.… Read the whole commentary →