Proverbs 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
King James Version
In Context
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Cross References
Numbers 15:31Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalms 115:13He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Proverbs 1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:13
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Note, 1. Nothing is more grievous than the disappointment of a raised expectation, though not in the thing itself by a denial, yet in the time of it by a delay: Hope deferred makes the heart sick and languishing, fretful and peevish; but hope quite dashed kills the heart, and the more high the expectation was raised the more cutting is the frustration of it. It is therefore our wisdom not to promise ourselves any great… Read the whole commentary →