Proverbs 10:17
Those who pay attention when others try to ◄correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong► will live ◄happily/for many years►; but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
In Context
18Those who will not admit that they hate others are liars, and those who slander others are foolish.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:25I tried to advise you, but you refused to listen to me. I tried to correct you, but you rejected what I told you.
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget what I have taught you. Keep my commands in your inner being,
Proverbs 4:4my father told me, “Remember my words; if you obey my commandments, you will live a long time.
Proverbs 5:12Then you will say, “I hated it when people tried to correct me. I despised people when they reproved/rebuked me.
Proverbs 6:23These commands and what we teach you will be like a lamp to light your path [MET]. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having a good life.
Proverbs 15:10Those who do what is wrong will be severely punished; those who do not want to be corrected 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 →