Proverbs 15:10
There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
In Context
9The way of a wicked man is an abomination to LORD, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
11Sheol and Abaddon are before LORD. How much more then the hearts of the sons of men!
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the kin
Psalms 50:17since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee?
Proverbs 5:12and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Proverbs 12:1He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 23:35They have stricken me, [thou shall say], and I was not hurt. They have beaten me, and I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:10
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord : but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. This is a reason of what was said in the foregoing verse. 1. The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to God, not for want of some nice points of ceremony, but because their way, the whole course and tenour of their conversation, is wicked, and consequently an abomination to him. Sacrifices for sin were not accepted of those that resolved to go on in sin, and were to the highest degree abominable… Read the whole commentary →