Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Poverty
Bible References
Poverty
Proverbs 13:13
Whoever despises the Word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs 5:9
lest you give your honor to others and your years to the cruel;
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge; but he who hates correction is like a brute animal.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who listens to correction is wise.
Proverbs 19:6
Many will beg the favor of a ruler, and all are friends to a man who gives gifts.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.
Hebrews 12:25
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape, those who refused him that spoke on earth, much more we shall not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from Heaven,
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Proverbs 9:9
Give to a wise one, and he will be still wiser; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 25:12
As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon a hearing ear.
Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him correct me, it is oil on my head, let not my head refuse it; for still my prayer also shall be against their wickedness.