Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame shall be [to] him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
Proverbs 19:6Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God.
Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him [who does so] 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 →