Proverbs 13:18 Go deeper
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Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. (KJV)
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רֵ֣ישׁreishpoverty
Lemma: רֵישׁ (resh) · Strong's: H7389A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: poverty
Used 5 times. Also: Proverbs 6:11, Proverbs 10:15, Proverbs 24:34, Proverbs 30:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7389A; TAHOT Proverbs 13:18 word 1
וְ֭קָלוֹןVe.ka.lonand shame
Lemma: קָלוֹן (qa.lon) · Strong's: H7036
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dishonor
Used 17 times. Also: Job 10:15, Psalms 83:16, Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 6:33, Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7036; TAHOT Proverbs 13:18 word 2
פּוֹרֵ֣עַpo.Re.a'[one who] ignores
Lemma: פָּרַע (pa.ra) · Strong's: H6544B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to neglect
Used 15 times. Also: Exodus 5:4, Exodus 32:25, Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 21:10, Numbers 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6544B; TAHOT Proverbs 13:18 word 3
מוּסָ֑רmu.Sardiscipline
Lemma: מוּסָר (mu.sar) · Strong's: H4148G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: discipline
Used 29 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:2, Job 5:17, Job 20:3, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 5:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4148G; TAHOT Proverbs 13:18 word 4
וְשׁוֹמֵ֖רve.sho.Merand [one who] keeps
Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to keep: guard
Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Proverbs 13:18 word 5
תּוֹכַ֣חַתto.Kha.chatcorrection
Lemma: תּוֹכַ֫חַת (to.kha.chat) · Strong's: H8433B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: argument
Used 24 times. Also: Job 13:6, Job 23:4, Psalms 38:14, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 73:14, Proverbs 1:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8433B; TAHOT Proverbs 13:18 word 6
יְכֻבָּֽד\׃ye.khu.Badhe is honored
Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.vad) · Strong's: H3513G
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVPi3ms)
Meaning: to honor: honour
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 34:19, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:18, Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3513G; TAHOT Proverbs 13:18 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Poverty | → | רֵישׁ H7389A poverty |
| and shame | → | קָלוֹן H7036 dishonor |
| come to him who ignores | → | פָּרַע H6544B to neglect |
| discipline | → | מוּסָר H4148G discipline |
| but whoever heeds | → | שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard |
| correction | → | תּוֹכַ֫חַת H8433B argument |
| is honored | → | כָּבֵד H3513G to honor: honour |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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