Proverbs 13:2
A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.
Cross References
Psalms 75:8Thou art terrible; and who shall withstand thee, because of thine anger?
Proverbs 1:11If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
Proverbs 10:11There is a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
Proverbs 12:14The soul of a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth; and the recompence of his lips shall be given to him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:2
Moral Maxims. 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. Among the children of the same parents it is no new thing for some to be hopeful and others the contrary; now here we are taught to distinguish. 1. There is great hope of those that have a reverence for their parents, and are willing to be advised and admonished by them. He is a wise son, and is in a far way to be wiser, that hears his father's instruction, desires to hear it, regards it, and complies with it, and does… Read the whole commentary →