Proverbs 15:10
Those who do what is wrong will be severely punished; those who do not want to be corrected will die.
Translation for Translators
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 18:17When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, the one who causes trouble for the people of Israel?”
1 Kings 22:8The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he ◄prophesies/tells what God says to him► he never says that anything good will happen to me. He always predicts that bad things will happen to me.” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
Psalms 50:17because you have refused to allow me to discipline you, and you have rejected what I told you to do.
Proverbs 5:12Then you will say, “I hated it when people tried to correct me. I despised people when they reproved/rebuked me.
Proverbs 12:1Those who want to know what is right to do want to be ◄disciplined/corrected► when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be ◄corrected/told that what you did is wrong►.
Proverbs 23:35You will say, “ I think that someone struck me, but he did not hurt me; he hit me, but I did not feel it. When will I ◄wake up/feel normal again► in order that I can drink some more wine?”
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 →