Proverbs 10:17

God's Word

Whoever practices discipline is on the way to life, but whoever ignores a warning strays.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

As he was talking, the king asked him, “Did we make you an adviser to the king? Stop! Do you want me to have you killed?” The prophet stopped. He said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you did this, but you refuse to listen to my advice.”

Proverbs 1:30

They refused my advice. They despised my every warning.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves to learn, but whoever hates correction is a dumb animal.

Proverbs 15:10

Discipline is a terrible ⌞burden⌟ to anyone who leaves the ⌞right⌟ path. Anyone who hates a warning will die.

Proverbs 15:32

Whoever ignores discipline despises himself, but the person who listens to warning gains understanding.

Proverbs 29:1

A person who will not bend after many warnings will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

Proverbs 3:18

⌞Wisdom⌟ is a tree of life for those who take firm hold of it. Those who cling to it are blessed.

Proverbs 4:13

Cling to discipline. Do not relax your grip on it. Keep it because it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

they used to teach me and say to me, “Cling to my words wholeheartedly. Obey my commands so that you may live.

Proverbs 5:12

“Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

Proverbs 5:14

I almost reached total ruin in the assembly and in the congregation.”

Proverbs 6:23

because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Don’t let your mouth talk you into committing a sin. Don’t say in the presence of a ⌞temple⌟ messenger, “My promise was a mistake!” Why should God become angry at your excuse and destroy what you’ve accomplished?

Luke 11:28

Jesus replied, “Rather, how blessed are those who hear and obey God’s word.”

Hebrews 12:25

Be careful that you do not refuse to listen when God speaks. Your ancestors didn’t escape when they refused to listen to God, who warned them on earth. We certainly won’t escape if we turn away from God, who warns us from heaven.

Hebrews 2:1

For this reason we must pay closer attention to what we have heard. Then we won’t drift away ⌞from the truth⌟.

Judges 19:17

He saw the traveler in the city square. So the old man asked, “Where do you come from? And where are you going?”