Proverbs 13:13

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Summary

Proverbs 13:13

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

Despiseth

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Rewarded

Bible References

Despiseth

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

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.

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.

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’;

“As for the

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

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.

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.’”

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

He

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.

He will bless those who fear the Lord,

The small together with the great.

“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.

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.

Rewarded

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

Those who love Your law have great peace,
And

nothing causes them to stumble.

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

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