Proverbs 10:17
He is in the orach (path) of Chayyim that is shomer over musar, 1 but he that abandoneth tokhakhat (reproof) goes astray. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
In Context
18He that hideth sin'ah with sfatayim sheker, 1 and he that uttereth a slander, is a kesil (fool). 1
Cross References
Proverbs 1:25But ye have disdained all my etza (counsel), 1 and would have none of my tokhechah (reproof); 1
Proverbs 3:1Beni (my son), forget not my torah; 1 but let thine lev keep my mitzvot; 1
Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, 1 Let thine lev retain my words; 1 be shomer over my mitzvot, and live. 1
Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated musar, 1 and my lev spurned tokhakhat (reproof); 1
Proverbs 6:23For the mitzvah is a ner (lamp); and torah an ohr; 1 and tokhakhot musar (reproofs of discipline) are the Derech Chayyim (Life Lane); 1
Proverbs 15:10Musar is grievous unto him that forsaketh the orach (way), 1 and he that hateth tokhakhat (reproof) shall die. 1
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 →