Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and disgrace will overtake him that rejecteth correction; but he that observeth admonition will be honored.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
17A wicked messenger falleth into unhappiness; but a faithful ambassador [bringeth] healing.
19A desire accomplished is pleasant to the soul; but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9That thou mayest not give up unto others thy vigor, and thy years unto the cruel;
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 15:5A fool contemneth the correction of his father; but he that observeth admonition will become prudent.
Proverbs 19:6Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; and every one is the friend to him that bestoweth gifts.
Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for against the Lord our God have we sinned, we and our fathers, from our youth even until this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.”
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 →