Proverbs 10:17

The Message

The road to life is a disciplined life; ignore correction and you’re lost for good.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

Amaziah interrupted him, “Did I ask for your opinion? Shut up or get thrown out!” The prophet quit speaking, but not before he got in one last word: “I have it on good authority: God has made up his mind to throw you out because of what you’ve done, and because you wouldn’t listen to me.” * * *

Proverbs 12:1

If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it— how shortsighted to refuse correction!

Proverbs 15:10

It’s a school of hard knocks for those who leave God’s path, a dead-end street for those who hate God’s rules.

Proverbs 15:32

An undisciplined, self-willed life is puny; an obedient, God-willed life is spacious.

Proverbs 29:1

For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, There’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break, but by then it’ll be too late to help them.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Don’t let your mouth make a total sinner of you. When called to account, you won’t get by with “Sorry, I didn’t mean it.” Why risk provoking God to angry retaliation?

Luke 11:28

Jesus commented, “Even more blessed are those who hear God’s Word and guard it with their lives!”

Hebrews 12:25

So don’t turn a deaf ear to these gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn’t get away with it, what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings? His voice that time shook the earth to its foundations; this time—he’s told us this quite plainly—he’ll also rock the heavens: “One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern.” The phrase “one last shaking” means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered.

Hebrews 2:1

It’s crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we’ve heard so that we don’t drift off. If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything, do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him. All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit.