Proverbs 10:17
Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
In Context
16The works of the righteous produce life; but the fruits of the ungodly produce sins.
18Righteous lips cover enmity; but they that utter railings are most foolish.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:25but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
Proverbs 4:4who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:
Proverbs 5:12and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!
Proverbs 6:23For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:
Proverbs 15:10The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; but they that hate reproofs die disgracefully.
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 →