Proverbs 10:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

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  • Prov 3:1-2 : 1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, 2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.
  • Prov 1:25-26 : 25 And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired. 26 I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.
  • Prov 22:17-19 : 17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, 18 For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 `Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; 25 and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 `And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; 27 and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping `it'!'
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Because of this it behoveth `us' more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who `speaketh' from heaven,
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, 6 and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety, 7 and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love; 8 for these things being to you and abounding, do make `you' neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ, 9 for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins; 10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble, 11 for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:10
    86%

    10Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    82%

    31An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

    32Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

  • Prov 15:5
    81%

    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:18
    81%

    18Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

  • Prov 12:1
    79%

    1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

    9Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

  • Prov 17:10
    77%

    10Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

  • Prov 16:17
    76%

    17A highway of the upright `is', `Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

  • Prov 9:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

    7The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish.

  • Prov 8:33
    76%

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

  • Prov 12:15
    75%

    15The way of a fool `is' right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel `is' wise.

  • Prov 19:27
    75%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 10:18
    75%

    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

  • Prov 13:1
    75%

    1A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.

  • Prov 29:1
    75%

    1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  • Prov 17:20
    75%

    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Prov 5:23
    75%

    23He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

  • Prov 16:22
    75%

    22A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 13:6
    75%

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 19:16
    74%

    16Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

  • Prov 22:5
    74%

    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Prov 6:23
    74%

    23For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,

  • Prov 10:16
    74%

    16The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted `in' his ways is despising Him.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14The law of the wise `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

    15Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous `is' hard.

  • Prov 21:16
    74%

    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

  • Prov 19:25
    74%

    25A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 15:24
    73%

    24A path of life `is' on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 2:20
    73%

    20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

  • Prov 28:10
    73%

    10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.

  • Prov 11:19
    73%

    19Rightly `is' righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Prov 5:12
    73%

    12And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

  • Prov 15:21
    72%

    21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.

  • Prov 9:9
    72%

    9Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

  • Prov 4:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.

    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

  • Prov 14:17
    72%

    17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Eccl 7:5
    72%

    5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

  • Prov 21:21
    72%

    21Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Prov 1:23
    72%

    23Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.