Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 17 Holy Bible
He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
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He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.
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Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.
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He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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He is in the way of life who heeds correction, But he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
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A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - He is in the way of life (Proverbs 5:6). It is a way of life when a man keepeth instruction, taketh to heart what is taught by daily providences and the wisdom of experience. Such teachableness leads to happiness here and hereafter. Erreth (Jeremiah 42:20); not "causeth to err," as in the margin, which weakens the antithesis. Septuagint, "Instruction (παιδεία) guardeth the ways of life, but he who is unaffected by instruction goeth astray" (comp. Hebrews 12:7, etc.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Erreth.--Literally, committeth error. This is probably the true sense, and harmonises better with being "in the way of life," which occurs just before, than the marginal rendering, "causeth to err." The word occurs in a similar sense in Jeremiah 42:20 (there translated, "ye have dissembled").
