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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hen is in the way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
that keepeth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
: but heo that refuseth
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
reproof
towkechah (Hebrew #8433)
from 3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV usage: argument, X chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, X be (often) reproved.
Pronounce: to-kay-khaw'
Origin: and towkachath {to-kakh'-ath}
τerreth
ta`ah (Hebrew #8582)
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Pronounce: taw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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2 Peter 1:5‑11• 5But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
 6and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
 7and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
 8For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ:
 9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure; for in doing these things ye shall never stumble.
 11For thus shall be richly furnished to you the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:5‑11)
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Prov. 1:25,30• 25And ye have rejected all my counsel,{HR}And would none of my reproof:
 30They would none of my counsel,{HR}They despised all my reproof; (Prov. 1:25,30)
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or, causeth to err.

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Prov. 3:1‑2,18• 1My son, forget not my teaching,{HR}But let thy heart keep my commandments:
 2For length of days and years of life{HR}And peace shall they add to thee.
 18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold on her;{HR}And blessed [is] he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:1‑2,18)
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Prov. 4:4,13• 4And he taught me and said to me—{HR}Let thy heart retain my words;{HR}Keep my commandments and live.
 13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go;{HR}Keep her, for she is thy life. (Prov. 4:4,13)
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Prov. 12:1• 1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge,{HR}But he that hateth reproof [is] brutish. (Prov. 12:1)
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Prov. 22:17‑19• 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,{HR}And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
 18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee:{HR}They shall be together fitted to thy lips.
 19That thy trust may be in Jehovah,{HR}I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee. (Prov. 22:17‑19)
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Matt. 7:24‑27• 24Whoever therefore heareth these my words and doeth them, I will liken him to a prudent man which built his house upon the rock;
 25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it fell not; for it had been founded upon the rock.
 26And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man which built his house upon the sand;
 27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great. (Matt. 7:24‑27)
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Luke 11:28• 28But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep [it]. (Luke 11:28)
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Heb. 2:1• 1For this reason we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things heard, lest in any way we should be carried away. (Heb. 2:1)
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2 Peter 1:5‑11• 5But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
 6and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
 7and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
 8For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ:
 9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure; for in doing these things ye shall never stumble.
 11For thus shall be richly furnished to you the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:5‑11)
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Prov. 1:25‑26,30• 25And ye have rejected all my counsel,{HR}And would none of my reproof:
 26I also will laugh at your calamity.{HR}I will mock when your fear cometh;
 30They would none of my counsel,{HR}They despised all my reproof; (Prov. 1:25‑26,30)
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Prov. 5:12• 12And thou say, How have I hated instruction,{HR}And my heart despised reproof; (Prov. 5:12)
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Prov. 15:10• 10Grievous correction [is] for him that forsaketh the path;{HR}He that hateth reproof shall die. (Prov. 15:10)
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Prov. 29:1• 1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,{HR}Shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
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2 Chron. 25:16• 16And it came to pass as he talked with him, that Amaziah said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel. (2 Chron. 25:16)
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Heb. 12:25• 25Look that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if those did not escape, refusing as they did him speaking oracularly on earth, much more we that turn away from him from [the] heavens; (Heb. 12:25)
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or, causeth to err.
Eccl. 5:6• 6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;{HR}Neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error:{HR}Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice,{HR}And destroy the work of thy hands? (Eccl. 5:6)
• It is not a question of eternal life or final salvation. But the way of life is the divinely-marked-out path for all the children of God. Such cannot afford to refuse reproof. It is the greatest kindness another saint can show me, to direct my attention to any portion of the truth of God which I am failing to practically own. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "discipline."

W. Kelly Translation

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Keeping instruction [is] life’s path;{HR}But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.