Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs 13:18 in other translations
| BSB | Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored. |
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| WEB | Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored. |
| ASV | Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. |
| YLT | Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured. |
| DARBY | Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. |
| BBE | Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured. |
| Webster | Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. |
What does Proverbs 13:18 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 13:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 13:18
- Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
- Proverbs 15:31-32
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
- Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Proverbs 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 19:6
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
- Proverbs 5:9-14
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; …
- Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
- Hebrews 12:25
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
- Jeremiah 5:3-9
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. …
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Context
- Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
- Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
- Proverbs 13:19
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Proverbs 13:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pobreza y vergüenza tendrá el que menosprecia el consejo: mas el que guarda la corrección, será honrado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La pauvreté et la honte arrivent à qui rejette l’instruction, mais celui qui a égard à la répréhension sera honoré. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Armut und Schande dem, der Unterweisung verwirft; wer aber Zucht beachtet, wird geehrt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Egestas et ignominia ei qui deserit disciplinam; qui autem acquiescit arguenti glorificabitur. |