Proverbs 13:18
Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honored.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
17A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.
19The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9lest you give away your life to others, and your substance to the merciless:
Proverbs 12:1He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.
Proverbs 15:5A fool scorns his father's instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall + 15:5 Gr. with the roots wholly torn up. utterly perish from the earth.
Proverbs 19:6Many court the favor of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to another man.
Jeremiah 3:25We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not listened 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 →