Proverbs 10:17

New International Version

Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

Proverbs 1:30

Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

Proverbs 12:1

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

Proverbs 15:10

Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.

Proverbs 15:32

Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.

Proverbs 29:1

Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.

Proverbs 3:18

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

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:4

Then he taught me, and 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 discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

Proverbs 5:14

And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”

Proverbs 6:23

For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands?

Luke 11:28

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Judges 19:17

When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”