Proverbs 10:17

The Passion Translation

If you readily receive correction, you are walking on the path to life. But if you reject rebuke, you’re guaranteed to go astray.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:30

because you scoffed at my wise counsel and laughed at my correction—

Proverbs 12:1

To learn the truth you must long to be teachable, or you can despise correction and remain ignorant.

Proverbs 15:10

Severe punishment awaits the one who turns away from the truth, and those who rebel against correction will die.

Proverbs 15:32

Refusing constructive criticism shows you have no interest in improving your life, for revelation-insight only comes as you accept correction and the wisdom that it brings.

Proverbs 29:1

Stubborn people who repeatedly refuse to accept correction will suddenly be broken and never recover.

Proverbs 3:18

Seeking for her brings the discovery of untold blessings, for she is the healing tree of life to those who taste her fruits.

Proverbs 4:13

So receive my correction no matter how hard it is to swallow, for wisdom will snap you back into place— her words will be invigorating life to you.

Proverbs 4:4

Then my father taught me, saying, “Never forget my words. If you do everything that I teach you, you will reign in life.”

Proverbs 5:12

And then finally you’ll admit that you were wrong and say, “If only I had listened to wisdom’s voice and not stubbornly demanded my own way, because my heart hated to be told what to do!

Proverbs 5:14

Now I’m totally disgraced and my life is ruined! I’m paying the price— for the people of the congregation are now my judges.”

Proverbs 6:23

For truth is a bright beam of light shining into every area of your life, instructing and correcting you to discover the ways to godly living.

Luke 11:28

“Yes,” said Jesus, “but God will bless all who listen to the word of God and carefully obey everything they hear.”

Hebrews 12:25

Make very sure that you never refuse to listen to God when he speaks! For the God who spoke on earth from Sinai is the same God who now speaks from heaven. Those who heard him speak his living Word on earth found nowhere to hide, so what chance is there for us to escape if we turn our backs on God and refuse to hear his warnings as he speaks from heaven?

Hebrews 2:1

This is why it is so crucial that we be all the more engaged and attentive to the truths that we have heard so that we do not drift off course.

Judges 19:17

He happened to see the travelers sitting in the town square. The old man inquired, “Where do you come from? And where are you headed?”