Proverbs 13:13 meaning and explanation
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
Proverbs 13:13, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse is one of the wisdom sayings collected in Proverbs, spoken by a teacher to a student in the broad setting of Israel's instruction in wise living. The Hebrew word for instruction, musar, carries the sense of discipline or correction, and the command in view is likely the teaching being handed on.
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