Proverbs 13:18
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּסָר
mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
תּוֹכֵחָה
tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
כָּבַד
kâbad
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same t...
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּבַד kâbad
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
Study H3513 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →תּוֹכֵחָה tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
Study H8433 →מוּסָר mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
Study H4148 →Cross References
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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