Proverbs 10:17
He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
In Context
16The labour of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
18He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:25But all of you have set at nothing all my counsel, and refused my reproof:
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let yours heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let yours heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 15:10Correction is grievous unto him that forsakes the way: and he that hates reproof shall 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 →