Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame shall be to him that disdains musar, 1 but he that is shomer over tokhakhat (reproof) shall be honored. 1
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Proverbs 5:9Lest thou give thine hod (strength) unto others, 1 and thy shanim unto the cruel one; 1
Proverbs 12:1He who loveth musar loveth da'as, 1 but he that hateth tokhakhat (reproof, correction) is ba'ar (a boorish, ignorant person). 1
Proverbs 15:5A fool spurns his musar av, 1 but he that is shomer over tokhakhat (reproof) is prudent. 1
Proverbs 19:6Rabbim (many) will entreat the favor of the ruler, 1 and every ish is the re'a (friend) to him that giveth mattan (gifts). 1
Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our Boshet (Shame), and kelimateinu (our humiliation) covereth us; for we have sinned against Hashem Eloheinu, we and Avoteinu, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of Hashem Eloheinu.
Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse the One speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused Him who gave them warning on ha'aretz, much less shall we escape who turn away from the One whose warning comes from Shomayim.
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 →