Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
Poverty and shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
WEB
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
YLT
Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.
DBT
Poverty and shame shall be [to] him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.