Proverbs 10:17
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
In context
14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. 15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. 16 The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
17 Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. 18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. 19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues. 20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 10:17 in the KJV
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: But he that refuseth reproof erreth.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 10:17 in the ESV
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.