Proverbs 13:18
Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17A wicked messenger falleth into euill: but a faithfull ambassadour is preseruation.
19A desire accomplished deliteth ye soule: but it is an abomination to fooles to depart from euil.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
Proverbs 12:1He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.
Proverbs 15:5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
Proverbs 19:6Many reuerence the face of the prince, and euery man is friend to him that giueth giftes.
Jeremiah 3:25Wee lie downe in our confusion, and our shame couereth vs: for we haue sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth, euen vnto this day, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God.
Hebrews 12:25See that ye despise not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not which refused him, that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape, if we turne away from him, that speaketh from heauen.
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 →