Proverbs 13:18
Good News Translation
Someone who will not learn will be poor and disgraced. Anyone who listens to correction is respected.

New Revised Standard Version
Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction, but one who heeds reproof is honored.

Contemporary English Version
All who refuse correction will be poor and disgraced; all who accept correction will be praised.

New American Bible
Poverty and shame befall those who let go of discipline, but those who hold on to reproof receive honor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified.

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Proverbs 13:13 Whosoever speaketh ill of any thing, bindeth himself for the time to come: but he that feareth the commandment, shall dwell in peace. Deceitful souls go astray in sins: the just are merciful, and shew mercy.

Proverbs 5:9-14 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house, . . .

Proverbs 12:1 He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices, doth wickedly.

Proverbs 15:5,31,32 A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out. . . .

Proverbs 19:6 Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.

Jeremiah 5:3-9 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return. . . .

Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

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Proverbs 9:9 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Context
A Father's Discipline
17The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. 18Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified.19The desire that is accomplished, delighteth the soul: fools hate them that flee from evil things.…
Cross References
Proverbs 13:19
The desire that is accomplished, delighteth the soul: fools hate them that flee from evil things.

Proverbs 13:25
The just eateth and filleth his soul: but the belly of the wicked is never to be filled.

Proverbs 15:5
A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.

Proverbs 15:32
He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof, possesseth understanding.

Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

Proverbs 13:17
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