Proverbs 15:10
An evil correction is [destined] for him that forsaketh the [right] path; he that hateth admonition will die.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass, when Achab saw Elijah, that Achab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we might inquire of the Lord; but I hate him; for he will never prophesy good concerning me, but evil: [it is] Michayhu the son of Yimlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Psalms 50:17And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Proverbs 5:12And thou sayest, How have I hated correction, and how hath my heart rejected reproof;
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 23:35“They smote me, [but] I suffered no pain; they struck me hard, [but] I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will continue to seek it 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 →