Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The one who despises the word will be in debt to it,
But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

King James Version

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Holman Bible

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,
but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

International Standard Version

Anyone who despises a word of advice will pay for it, but whoever heeds a command will be rewarded.

A Conservative Version

He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

American Standard Version

Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself; But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Amplified


Whoever despises the word and counsel [of God] brings destruction upon himself,
But he who [reverently] fears and respects the commandment [of God] will be rewarded.

Bible in Basic English

He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.

Darby Translation

Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Julia Smith Translation

He despising to the word it shall be perverse to him: and he fearing the command shall be requited.

King James 2000

Whosoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

Modern King James verseion

Whoever despises the Word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso despiseth the word, destroyeth himself; but he that feareth the commandment shall have peace.

NET Bible

The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded.

New Heart English Bible

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

The Emphasized Bible

He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.

Webster

Whoever despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

World English Bible

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּוּז 
Buwz 
Usage: 13

the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

but he that feareth
ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 43

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

Context Readings

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
13 The one who despises the word will be in debt to it,
But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn aside from the snares of death.



Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.

Numbers 15:31

Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt will be on him.’”

2 Samuel 12:9-10

Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

Ezra 10:3

So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

Psalm 19:11

Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;
In keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 115:13

He will bless those who fear the Lord,
The small together with the great.

Psalm 119:165

Those who love Your law have great peace,
And nothing causes them to stumble.

Proverbs 1:25

And you neglected all my counsel
And did not want my reproof;

Proverbs 1:30-31

“They would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

Proverbs 13:21

Adversity pursues sinners,
But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.

Isaiah 66:2

“For My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’;

Jeremiah 44:16-17

“As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

Ezekiel 20:16

because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols.

Ezekiel 20:24

because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were on the idols of their fathers.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 16:31

But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Hebrews 10:28-29

Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.

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