Proverbs 13:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect a command will be rewarded.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord against his people became so great that there was no remedy.

Ezra 10:3

So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to 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 can make them stumble.

Psalm 19:11

Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 19:12

But who can detect one’s own errors? Clear me from hidden faults.

Exodus 9:20

Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried their slaves and livestock off to a secure place,

Proverbs 1:25

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

Proverbs 13:12

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

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Proverbs 16:20

Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 19:16

Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to settle there,’

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not observe my statutes but rejected my ordinances, by whose observance everyone shall live, and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make an end of them.

Ezekiel 20:16

because they rejected my ordinances and did not observe my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, for their heart went after their idols.

Ezekiel 20:24

because they had not executed my ordinances but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their ancestors’ idols.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name.

Numbers 15:31

Because of having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, such a person shall be utterly cut off and bear the guilt.”

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 16:31

He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

2 John 1:8

Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for but may receive a full reward.