Proverbs 10:17

World English Bible (2000)

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:1-2 : 1 My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: 2 for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 1:25-26 : 25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof; 26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.
  • Prov 22:17-19 : 17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. 19 That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. 25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; 6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness; 7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, "Have we made you one of the king's counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" Then the prophet stopped, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel."

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  • Prov 15:31-32
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    31 The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

    32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

  • Prov 12:1
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  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8 The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 17:10
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    10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 9:6-7
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    6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

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  • Prov 8:33
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    33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

  • Prov 19:27
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    27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 6:23
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    23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2 He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    14 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

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  • Prov 21:16
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    16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

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    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Prov 5:12
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    12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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    11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Prov 19:1
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  • Prov 4:13-14
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    13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

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    17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

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    5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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    21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

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    23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.