Proverbs 13:13 · KJV
“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. {shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace}”
— Proverbs 13:13
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but {when} the desire cometh, {it is} a tree of life.
The law of the wise {is} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 13 — Context
Wealth {gotten} by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. {by labour: Heb. with the hand}
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but {when} the desire cometh, {it is} a tree of life.
13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. {shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace}
14The law of the wise {is} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors {is} hard.
Cross References
Numbers 15:31
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity {shall be} upon him.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till {there was} no remedy. {remedy: Heb. healing}
2 John 1:8
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. {wrought: or, gained, some copies read, ye have gained, but that ye, etc.}
Psalms 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. {nothing...: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock}
Ezekiel 20:16
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Psalms 19:11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: {and} in keeping of them {there is} great reward.
Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which {if} a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Psalms 115:13
He will bless them that fear the LORD, {both} small and great. {and: Heb. with}