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Proverbs 13:18

13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. a faithful: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honored.

13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

What does Proverbs 13:18 mean?

Proverbs 13:18 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רֵישׁ (rêysh), קָלוֹן (qâlôwn), פָּרַע (pâraʻ). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Povertyרֵישׁrêysh/raysh/H7389poverty
and
shameקָלוֹןqâlôwn/kaw-lone'/H7036disgrace; (by implication) the pudenda
shall
be
to
him
that
refusethפָּרַעpâraʻ/paw-rah'/H6544to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin
instruction:מוּסָרmûwçâr/moo-sawr'/H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
but
he
that
regardethשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
reproofתּוֹכֵחָהtôwkêchâh/to-kay-khaw'/H8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
shall
be
honoured.כָּבַדkâbad/kaw-bad'/H3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)

Commentary on Proverbs 13:18

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 13:18
h in that cloudy and dark day. Others think that it was penned then by the spirit of prayer, either by a prophet named Asaph or by some other prophet for the sons of Asaph. Whatever the particular occasion was, we have here, I. A representation of the very deplorable condition that the people of God were in at this time, ver. 1-5 . II. A petition to God for succour and relief, that their enemies might be reckoned with ( ver. 6, 7 , 10 , 12 ), that their sins might be pardoned ( ver. 8, 9 ), and that they might be delivered, ver. 11 . III. A plea taken from the readiness of his people to praise him, ver. 13 . In times of the church's peace and prosperity this psalm may, in the singing of it, give us occasion to bless God that we are not thus trampled on and insulted. But it is especially seasonable in a day of treading down and perplexity, for the exciting of our desires towards God and the encouragement of our faith in him as the church's patron. Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5<

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Jeremiah 7:33

And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

Jeremiah 15:3

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. kinds: Heb. families

Jeremiah 16:4

They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 34:20

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 13:18.

Proverbs 15:32

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. instruction: or, correction heareth: or, obeyeth getteth: Heb. possesseth an heart

Proverbs 1:25

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. erreth: or, causeth to err

Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Proverbs 15:10

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. Correction: or, Instruction

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 3:11

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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What does Proverbs 13:18 say?

Proverbs 13:18 (King James Version) reads: "Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured."

Is Proverbs 13:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Proverbs 13:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.

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