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Proverbs 10:17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs 10:17 · King James Version
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Proverbs 10:17 in other translations
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
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In context
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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