Proverbs 10:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:1-2 : 1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart: 2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
  • Prov 1:25-26 : 25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words: 26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
  • Prov 22:17-19 : 17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge. 18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips. 19 So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock; 25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock. 26 And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand; 27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall: 11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:10
    86%

    10 There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    82%

    31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

    32 He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

  • Prov 15:5
    81%

    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 13:18
    81%

    18 Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

  • Prov 12:1
    79%

    1 A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 17:10
    77%

    10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

  • Prov 16:17
    76%

    17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Prov 9:6-7
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    6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

    7 He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.

  • Prov 8:33
    76%

    33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Prov 19:27
    75%

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 10:18
    75%

    18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

  • Prov 13:1
    75%

    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 29:1
    75%

    1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

  • Prov 17:20
    75%

    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 5:23
    75%

    23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

  • Prov 16:22
    75%

    22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 13:6
    75%

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 19:16
    74%

    16 He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Prov 22:5
    74%

    5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 6:23
    74%

    23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

  • Prov 10:16
    74%

    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2 He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

    15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 21:16
    74%

    16 The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

  • Prov 19:25
    74%

    25 When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

    24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Prov 2:20
    73%

    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 28:10
    73%

    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 11:19
    73%

    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 5:12
    73%

    12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 9:9
    72%

    9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

  • Prov 4:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

    14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

  • Prov 14:17
    72%

    17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

  • Eccl 7:5
    72%

    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 21:21
    72%

    21 He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Prov 1:23
    72%

    23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.