Proverbs 13:13-15

13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but whoever respects a command is rewarded.

14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.

15 Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.^[a]

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 15:31; 2 Chronicles 36:16
• 2. Exodus 9:20
• 3. Proverbs 16:20
• 4. S Proverbs 10:11
• 5. Proverbs 14:27

Footnotes

• [a] Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.