Proverbs 13:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:5 : 5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  • Prov 15:31-32 : 31 ¶ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 ¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 ¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
  • Prov 13:13 : 13 ¶ Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
  • Prov 5:9-9 : 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 19:6 : 6 ¶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.
  • Prov 25:12 : 12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
  • Jer 5:3-9 : 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 8 They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Heb 12:25 : 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:
  • Ps 141:5 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    31 ¶ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

    32 ¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

    33 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.

  • Prov 15:5
    82%

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

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 ¶ He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  • Prov 12:1
    79%

    1 ¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.

  • Prov 15:10
    78%

    10 ¶ Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  • Prov 9:7-9
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    7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

    8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

    9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

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    1 ¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5 ¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 29:15
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  • Prov 18:12-13
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    12 ¶ Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.

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  • Prov 13:13
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    13 ¶ Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1 ¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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    8 ¶ The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

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  • Prov 19:25-26
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    25 ¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

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  • Prov 17:10
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    10 ¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 24:25
    74%

    25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Prov 11:2
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    2 ¶ [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

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  • Prov 13:19
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    2 verses
    73%

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    73%

    23 ¶ A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

  • Prov 8:33
    73%

    33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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  • Prov 12:8
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  • Prov 5:12
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    12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

  • Prov 12:16
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  • Prov 1:25
    73%

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    8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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  • Prov 25:12
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  • Prov 28:27
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  • Job 5:17
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  • Prov 1:23
    72%

    23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.