Proverbs 10:17

New International Reader's Version

Anyone who pays attention to correction shows the path to life. But anyone who refuses to be corrected leads others down the wrong path.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

While the prophet was still speaking, the king spoke to him. He said, “Did I ask you for advice? Stop! If you don’t, you will be struck down.” So the prophet stopped. But then he said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you. That’s because you have worshiped other gods. You haven’t listened to my advice.”

Proverbs 1:30

You wouldn’t accept my advice. You turned your backs on my warnings.

Proverbs 12:1

Anyone who loves correction loves knowledge. Anyone who hates to be corrected is stupid.

Proverbs 15:10

Hard training is in store for anyone who leaves the right path. A person who hates to be corrected will die.

Proverbs 15:32

Those who turn away from correction hate themselves. But anyone who accepts correction gains understanding.

Proverbs 29:1

Whoever still won’t obey after being warned many times will suddenly be destroyed. Nothing can save them.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her. Those who hold her close will be blessed.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to my teaching and don’t let it go. Guard it well, because it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

Then my father taught me. He said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart. Keep my commands, and you will live.

Proverbs 5:12

You will say, “How I hated to take advice! How my heart refused to be corrected!

Proverbs 5:14

I was soon in deep trouble. It happened right in front of the whole assembly of God’s people.”

Proverbs 6:23

Your father’s command is like a lamp. Your mother’s teaching is like a light. And whatever instructs and corrects you leads to life.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Don’t let your mouth cause you to sin. Don’t say to the temple messenger, “My promise was a mistake.” Why should God be angry with what you say? Why should he destroy what you have done?

Luke 11:28

He replied, “Instead, blessed are those who hear God’s word and obey it.”

Hebrews 12:25

Be sure that you don’t say no to the one who speaks. People did not escape when they said no to the one who warned them on earth. And what if we turn away from the one who warns us from heaven? How much less will we escape!

Hebrews 2:1

So we must pay the most careful attention to what we have heard. Then we will not drift away from it.

Judges 19:17

The old man saw the traveler in the main street. He asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”