Proverbs 10:17

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Summary

Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

The way

He that

Erreth

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Bible References

The way

My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.

Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things we have heard, lest in any way we should slip away.

But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

He that

and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.

And it came to pass as he talked with him, that Amaziah said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him who does so from heaven:

Erreth

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?