Proverbs 13:18
Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.
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17A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
19To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:
Proverbs 12:1A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
Proverbs 15:5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
Proverbs 19:6Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
Jeremiah 3:25Let us be stretched on the earth in our downfall, covering ourselves with our shame: for we have been sinners against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our earliest years even till this day: and we have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God.
Hebrews 12:25See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
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 →