Proverbs 10:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever follows instruction is in the path to life, but whoever disregards reproof goes astray.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was still speaking, however, the king said to him: “Have you been appointed the king’s counselor? Stop! Why should you have to be killed?” Therefore the prophet stopped. But he said, “I know that God’s counsel is your destruction, for by doing this you have refused to listen to my counsel.” Amaziah Punished.

Proverbs 1:30

They ignored my counsel, they spurned all my reproof;

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 15:10

Discipline seems bad to those going astray; one who hates reproof will die.

Proverbs 15:32

Those who disregard discipline hate themselves, but those who heed reproof acquire understanding.

Proverbs 29:1

Those stiff-necked in the face of reproof in an instant will be shattered beyond cure.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and those who hold her fast are happy.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold fast to instruction, never let it go; keep it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

He taught me and said to me: “Let your heart hold fast my words: keep my commands, and live!

Proverbs 5:12

And you say, “Oh, why did I hate instruction, and my heart spurn reproof!

Proverbs 5:14

I am all but ruined, in the midst of the public assembly!”

Proverbs 6:23

For the command is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and a way to life are the reproofs that discipline,

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Despite many dreams, futilities, and a multitude of words, fear God! Gain and Loss of Goods.

Luke 11:28

He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” The Demand for a Sign.

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much more in our case if we turn away from the one who warns from heaven.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore, we must attend all the more to what we have heard, so that we may not be carried away.

Judges 19:17

When he noticed the traveler in the town square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”