Proverbs 13:13

Modern English Version

He who despises instruction will be destroyed, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they continued to jest regarding the messengers of God, despising His word and making fun of His prophets until the wrath of the Lord came up against His people, until there was no remedy.

Ezra 10:3

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to sever relations with all the women and their children according to the counsel of my lord and those who tremble at the commandment of our God. May this be done in accordance with the law.

Psalm 115:13

He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great.

Psalm 119:165

Great peace have those who love Your law; nothing causes them to stumble.

Psalm 19:11

Moreover by them is Your servant warned, and in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 19:12

Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.

Exodus 9:20

He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.

Proverbs 1:25

because you neglected all my counsel, and would have none of my reproof,

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but the desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Proverbs 16:20

He who wisely heeds a word will find good, and he who trusts in the Lord, happy is he.

Proverbs 19:16

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is reckless in his ways will die.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go into Egypt to sojourn there.’

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they despised My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live. And My Sabbaths they greatly polluted. Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them.

Ezekiel 20:16

because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths, for their hearts went after their idols.

Ezekiel 20:24

because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes and had polluted My Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord listened and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

Numbers 15:31

Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken His commandment, that person will be totally cut off. His iniquity will be on him.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be very glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 16:31

“He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”

2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves, so that we do not lose those things for which we have worked, but that we receive a full reward.