The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 13:8 stands within Proverbs 12 to 15 as part of connected teaching on the worth of sincerity. It serves as a practical rule for everyday life and duty. It presses submission to correction, because praise and flattery are sweet to the human heart while reproof is unwelcome.
Proverbs 13:8 stands within Proverbs 12 to 15 as part of connected teaching on the worth of sincerity. It serves as a practical rule for everyday life and duty. It presses submission to correction, because praise and flattery are sweet to the human heart while reproof is unwelcome.