17Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.


In Context

14 The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool 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 a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

17 Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.

18 He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.

19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Proverbs 10:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:17He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:17The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs.