Verse 18

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
• Prov 15:31-32 : 31 The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise. 32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
• Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
• Prov 13:13 : 13 Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
• Prov 5:9-9 : 9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. 11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, 12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! 14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
• Prov 25:12 : 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
• Jer 5:3-9 : 3 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return. 4 Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God." But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backsliding is increased. 7 "How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses. 8 They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. 9 Shouldn't I punish them for these things?" says Yahweh; "and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
• Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.