Proverbs 15:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מוּסָ֣ר רָ֭ע לְעֹזֵ֣ב אֹ֑רַח שׂוֹנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת יָמֽוּת׃

Transliteration

Mûsār rāʿ ləʿōzēḇ ʾōraḥ śônēʾ tôḵaḥat yāmût

Grammar Details

*Mûsār*: noun, masculine singular - discipline/correction
*rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - harsh/severe/grievous
*ləʿōzēḇ*: preposition + qal participle, masculine singular - to one who forsakes
*ʾōraḥ*: noun, masculine singular - path/way
*śônēʾ*: qal participle, masculine singular - one who hates
*tôḵaḥat*: noun, feminine singular - reproof/correction
*yāmût*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will die

Word Meanings

*Mûsār rāʿ*: harsh discipline/severe correction/grievous punishment
*ləʿōzēḇ ʾōraḥ*: for one who abandons path/to one who forsakes way
*śônēʾ tôḵaḥat*: one who hates reproof/hater of correction
*yāmût*: will die/shall perish

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Referenced Verses

Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Prov 10:17 : 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Prov 13:1 : 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Prov 23:35 : 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Ezek 24:13-14 : 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Prov 1:30 : 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

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