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Proverbs 10:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 10 · verse 17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.Proverbs 10:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 10:17 in context
15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
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Key words (Strong's)
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- refusethʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- keepethshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- reprooftôwkêchâhchastisementH8433 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
- wayʼôracha well-trodden roadH734 →
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See here, 1. That those are in the right that do not only receive instruction, but retain it, that do not let it slip through carelessness, as most do, nor let it go to those that would rob them of it, that keep instruction safely, keep it pure and entire, keep it for their own use, that they may govern themselves by…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary