Proverbs 13:18
Whoso is refusing instruction — poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.
19A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools [is]: Turn from evil.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
Proverbs 12:1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.
Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 19:6Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.
Jeremiah 3:25We have lain down in our shame, and cover us doth our confusion, For against Jehovah our God we have sinned, We, and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, Nor have we hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God!
Hebrews 12:25See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking — much less we who do turn away from him who [speaketh] 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 →