Proverbs 15:10
Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
In Context
11Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the 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 Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: [it is] Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
Proverbs 5:12and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 23:35''They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. 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 →