Proverbs 10:17
If you accept instruction, you're on the path to life, but if you reject correction you'll go astray.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
In Context
16If you do right you're rewarded with life, but if you're wicked all you gain is sin.
18Anyone who hides their hatred is lying, and anyone who spreads slander is stupid.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:25You ignored everything I said; you wouldn't accept any of my warnings.
Proverbs 3:1My son, don't forget my instructions. Always keep my commands in mind.
Proverbs 4:4he was the one who taught me. He told me, “Pay attention to the words I say and keep them in mind; do what I tell you and you will live.
Proverbs 5:12You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
Proverbs 6:23For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.
Proverbs 15:10If you leave the right path you will be severely disciplined; anyone who hates correction will 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 →