Proverbs 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
In Context
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
14The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Cross References
Numbers 15:31For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon him.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.
Psalms 19:11Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms 115:13He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.
Proverbs 1:25and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:13
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Note, 1. Nothing is more grievous than the disappointment of a raised expectation, though not in the thing itself by a denial, yet in the time of it by a delay: Hope deferred makes the heart sick and languishing, fretful and peevish; but hope quite dashed kills the heart, and the more high the expectation was raised the more cutting is the frustration of it. It is therefore our wisdom not to promise ourselves any great… Read the whole commentary →