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

You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:

As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.

But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.

And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

He

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.

For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

Rewarded

By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.

Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.