Proverbs 13:18

13:18 The one who neglects ¹  discipline ends up in ²  poverty and shame,

but the one who accepts reproof is honored. ³ 

Proverbs 28:19

28:19 The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, ⁴ 

but whoever chases daydreams ⁵  will have his fill ⁶  of poverty.

[13:18]  ¹ tn The verb III פָּרַע (para’) normally means “to let go; to let alone” and here “to neglect; to avoid; to reject” (BDB 828 s.v.).

[13:18]  ² tn The phrase “ends up in” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness.

[13:18]  ³ sn Honor and success are contrasted with poverty and shame; the key to enjoying the one and escaping the other is discipline and correction. W. McKane, Proverbs (OTL), 456, notes that it is a difference between a man of weight (power and wealth, from the idea of “heavy” for “honor”) and the man of straw (lowly esteemed and poor).

[28:19]  ⁴ tn Or “will have plenty of food” (Heb “bread”); so NAB, NASB, NCV.

[28:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “empty things” or “vain things”; NRSV “follows worthless pursuits.”

[28:19]  ⁶ tn The repetition of the verb strengthens the contrast. Both halves of the verse use the verb יִשְׂבַּע (yisba’, “will be satisfied; will be filled with; will have enough”). It is positive in the first colon, but negative in the second – with an ironic twist to say one is “satisfied” with poverty.