Proverbs 10:17

New English Translation

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

Proverbs 1:30

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

Proverbs 12:1

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 15:10

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

Proverbs 15:32

The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.

Proverbs 29:1

The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

Proverbs 3:18

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

Proverbs 5:12

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

Proverbs 5:14

I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest, “It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”

Luke 11:28

But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Hebrews 12:25

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Judges 19:17

When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said, “Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”