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Proverbs 10:17
17Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.
Context of Proverbs 10:17
15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. 16The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. 18Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. 19Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:17 word by word
אֹ֣רַח לְ֭חַיִּים שׁוֹמֵ֣ר מוּסָ֑ר וְעוֹזֵ֖ב תּוֹכַ֣חַת מַתְעֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:17
- Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
- Proverbs 4:4Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
- Proverbs 22:17Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
- Matthew 7:24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Luke 11:28He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Hebrews 2:1We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- 2 Peter 1:5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
- Proverbs 1:25since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,
- Proverbs 5:12You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
- Proverbs 15:10Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.
- Proverbs 29:1Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
- Ecclesiastes 5:6Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your 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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