Proverbs 13:2
You'll be rewarded for saying good things, but dishonest people want violence.
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1A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a mocker doesn't listen to correction.
3Watch what you say and save your life—saying too much leads to disaster.
Cross References
Psalms 75:8For the Lord has a cup in his hand, full of bubbling wine mixed with spices. He pours it out, and all the wicked drink it deeply, down to the last drop.
Proverbs 1:11They may tell you, “Come with us. Let's go and hide, ready to kill someone. Let's ambush someone for fun!
Proverbs 1:31So they'll have to eat the fruit of their own choices, bloated by their own devious schemes.
Proverbs 10:11What good people say is a spring that gives life, but what the wicked say hides their violent nature.
Proverbs 12:14What you say brings you rewards, and your work returns to bless you.
Jeremiah 25:27Tell them this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, make yourselves drunk, and vomit. Because of the war you'll be killed, falling down never to get up again.
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 →