American Standard Version
Proverbs 10:17
17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction;But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
Proverbs 10:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, But he who refuses correction goes astray.
Context of Proverbs 10:17
15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty. 16The labor of the righteoustendethto life; The increase of the wicked, to sin. He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth. 18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool. 19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:17 word by word
אֹ֣רַח לְ֭חַיִּים שׁוֹמֵ֣ר מוּסָ֑ר וְעוֹזֵ֖ב תּוֹכַ֣חַת מַתְעֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:17
- Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
- Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
- Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Proverbs 22:17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
- Matthew 7:24Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
- Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
- 2 Peter 1:5Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;
- Proverbs 1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
- Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
- Proverbs 15:10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.
- Proverbs 29:1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
- Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 5:6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17He is in the way of life - The truly religious man accumulates knowledge that he may the better know how to live to God, and do most good among men.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17literally, A way of life is he that keepeth instruction. The verb “erreth” is better rendered in the margin. The influence for good or evil spreads beyond the man himself.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17Verse 17 The traveller that has missed his way, and cannot bear to be told of it, and to be shown the right way, must err still.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Wise people welcome corrections to their thoughts or actions. They see discipline as a chance to become wiser.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. keepeth--observes (Pr 3:18; 4:22). refuseth--or, "turns from reproof," which might direct him aright.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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