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 ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah to do evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Urijah 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.

But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.

then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there;

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: and I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among the dead will they be persuaded.

Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses:

He

And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.

Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.

Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

Rewarded

Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward.

Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.

Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.