Proverbs 10:17
15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
- KJV
- He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
- WEB
- He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
- ASV
- He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
- DARBY
- Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.
- BLB
- The path to life the one guarding discipline, and one forsaking rebuke goes astray.
- ÅB
- En vei til liv[^1] er den som akter på tukt; men den som forakter tilrettevisning, fører vill.
- OTB
- Den som lytter til tukt viser veien til liv, men den som ignorerer rettelse fører andre vill.
- B1930
- En vei til liv er den som akter på tukt; men den som forakter tilrettevisning, fører vill.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 15:10
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Read in contextProverbs 5:12
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Read in contextLuke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Read in context2 Peter 1:5–11
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
Read in contextProverbs 6:23
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Read in contextProverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
Read in contextProverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Read in contextProverbs 4:13
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
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