Proverbs 10:17

Modern English Version

He who heeds instruction is on the path of life, but he who refuses reproof goes astray.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

But while the prophet was speaking, the king said, “Have we made you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” The prophet refrained, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and not heeded my advice.”

Proverbs 1:30

They would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 15:10

Discipline is severe for him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof will die.

Proverbs 15:32

He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who heeds reproof gains understanding.

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Proverbs 4:13

Take hold of instruction; do not let her go; guard her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, “How I hated instruction and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:14

I was almost in utter ruin in the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not say to the priestly messenger that it is an inadvertent sin. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Luke 11:28

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused Him who spoke on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we should be more attentive to what we have heard, lest we drift away.

Judges 19:17

He looked up and saw the traveler in the city square. The old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”