Verse 17

Nurture kepeth the way of lyfe: but he that refuseth to be nurtured, deceaueth hym selfe.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:1-2 : 1 My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes: 2 For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy lyfe, and bryng thee peace.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.
  • Prov 1:25-26 : 25 But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught: 26 Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you,
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life:
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Correction is greeuous vnto hym that forsaketh the way: and who so hateth correction shall dye.
  • Prov 22:17-19 : 17 Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine: 18 For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes: 19 That thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde, I haue shewed thee this day the thing that thou knowest.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Therfore, whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt his house vpon a rocke: 25 And the rayne descended, and the fluddes came, and the wyndes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not, because it was grounded on a rocke. 26 And euery one that heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth them not, shalbe lykened vnto a foolyshe man, which buylt his house vpon the sande: 27 And the rayne descended, and the fluddes came, and the wyndes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Wherfore we ought to geue the more earnest heede to the thynges which we haue heard, lest at any tyme we should let them slippe.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye despise not hym that speaketh: For yf they escaped not, which refused hym that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape yf we turne away from hym that speaketh from heauen:
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge, 6 In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse, 7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue. 8 For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe. 9 But he that lacketh these thynges, is blynde, and can not see farre of, & hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes. 10 Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callyng and election sure: For yf ye do such thynges, ye shall neuer fall. 11 Yea, and by this meanes an entryng in shalbe ministred vnto you aboudantlye, into the euerlastyng kyngdome of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it chaunced, that as ye prophete talked with him, the king saide vnto him: Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel: Ceasse, why wylt thou be beaten? And the prophete ceassed, and said: I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and agreest not vnto my counsell.