Proverbs 10:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

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  • Prov 3:1-2 : 1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 2 for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.
  • Prov 1:25-26 : 25 and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke, 26 so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.
  • Prov 22:17-19 : 17 The Sayings of the Wise Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction. 18 For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips. 19 So that your confidence may be in the LORD, I hereby make them known to you today– even you.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. 8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. 9 But concerning the one who lacks such things– he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin. 11 For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him,“Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added,“I know that God has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:10
    86%

    10Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    82%

    31The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

    32The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever listens to reproof acquires understanding.

  • Prov 15:5
    81%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 13:18
    81%

    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Prov 12:1
    79%

    1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 17:10
    77%

    10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

  • Prov 16:17
    76%

    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 9:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

    7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

  • Prov 8:33
    76%

    33Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Prov 19:27
    75%

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 10:18
    75%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

  • Prov 13:1
    75%

    1A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Prov 29:1
    75%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Prov 17:20
    75%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 5:23
    75%

    23He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

  • Prov 16:22
    75%

    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Prov 13:6
    75%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 19:16
    74%

    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Prov 22:5
    74%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 6:23
    74%

    23For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

  • Prov 10:16
    74%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Prov 21:16
    74%

    16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

  • Prov 19:25
    74%

    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 2:20
    73%

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 28:10
    73%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 11:19
    73%

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 5:12
    73%

    12And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 9:9
    72%

    9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

  • Prov 4:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

  • Prov 14:17
    72%

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Eccl 7:5
    72%

    5Frivolous Living Versus Wisdom It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

  • Prov 21:21
    72%

    21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.

  • Prov 1:23
    72%

    23You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.