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In Proverbs 13:13, Solomon writes, The one who despises the word will be in debt to it, but the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded. God’s word and wise instruction are not optional realities we can dismiss without consequence. To despise them is to place oneself under obligation to the consequences they describe.
The one who despises the word will be in debt to it because reality does not change when we reject truth. God’s design still governs outcomes. Ignoring wisdom does not free a person from consequence; it deepens his liability to it.
The one who fears the commandment, however, will be rewarded. To fear here is to take God’s instruction seriously, to trust that His ways are for our good. That posture leads to life because it aligns us with the moral order of His world.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 13:13 Meaning
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