Proverbs 10:17
Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
In Context
16The labour of a righteous [man] [tendeth] to life; the revenue of a wicked [man], to sin.
18He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:25and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Proverbs 5:12and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 15:10Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:17
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. Solomon here confirms what his father had said ( Ps. xxxvii. 16 ), A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. 1. Perhaps a righteous man has no more than what he works hard for; he eats only the labour of his hands, but that labour tends to life; he aims at nothing but to get an honest livelihood, covets not to be rich and great, but is willing to live and maintain his family. Nor does it tend only to… Read the whole commentary →