KJV King James Version
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
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Proverbs 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
WEB World English Bible
Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
ASV American Standard Version
Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself; But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 13
10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
11 Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14 The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
16 Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
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Numbers 15:31Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.Psalm 119:165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.Ezekiel 20:16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.Psalm 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.Ezekiel 20:13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.Psalm 115:13He will bless them that fear the LORD, [both] small and great.Ezekiel 20:24Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.Proverbs 1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:Luke 16:31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.Isaiah 66:2For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Proverbs 1:30-31They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.Malachi 3:16Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.Matthew 5:12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.2 Samuel 12:9-10Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.Hebrews 10:28-29He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
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