Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Cross-reference

Proverbs 5:9-14 illustrates ignoring reproof leading to ruin and regret, vividly exemplifying the proverb's warning.

Proverbs 25:12 compares a wise reprover to gold, reinforcing that heeding reproof brings honor.

Proverbs 5:12 gives a first-person lament of hating discipline, the very attitude that brings poverty and shame.

Proverbs 9:8 contrasts the scoffer's hate and wise man's love for reproof, expanding on responses to correction.

Psalm 141:5 Parallel

Psalm 141:5 portrays welcoming rebuke as oil for the head, aligning with the value of heeding reproof here.

Jeremiah 5:3-9 depicts Israel stubbornly refusing correction, illustrating the same consequence of ignoring reproof that brings poverty and shame.

Hebrews 12:25 warns against refusing divine warning, echoing the principle that ignoring instruction leads to judgment.