Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honoured.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
17A wicked messenger falls into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9Lest you give yours honour unto others, and your years unto the cruel:
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 15:5A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 19:6Many will implore the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.
Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Hebrews 12:25See that all of you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven:
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 →