Proverbs 13:18
Destitution and disgrace are for those who abandon discipline. But whoever agrees with a reproof shall be glorified.
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In Context
17The messenger of the impious will fall into evil. But a faithful ambassador shall prosper.
19The desired, when perfected, shall delight the soul. The foolish detest those who flee from evils.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9Do not give your honor to foreigners, and your years to the cruel.
Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.
Proverbs 15:5A fool laughs at the discipline of his father. But whoever preserves rebukes will become astute. In abundant justice, there is very great virtue. But the intentions of the impious will be eradicated.
Proverbs 19:6Many honor the character of one who is powerful, and there are friends for a giver of gifts.
Jeremiah 3:25We will sleep in our confusion, and our disgrace will cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God: we and our fathers, from our youth, even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.”
Hebrews 12:25Be careful not to reject the One who is speaking. For if those who rejected him who was speaking upon the earth were not able to escape, so much more we who might turn away from the One who is speaking to us 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 →