Proverbs 10:17 Cross References

Proverbs 10:17

17: People who accept correction are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore it will lead others astray.

So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better.
Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.
Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.
The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin.

Whoever abandons the right path will be severely punished; whoever hates correction will die.

Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly.

For these commands and this teaching are a lamp to light the way ahead of you. The correction of discipline is the way to life.

He replied, "But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice."

and you will say, "How I hated discipline! If only I had not demanded my own way!

"Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on rock.
But anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will fall with a mighty crash."

You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.
So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you--

Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

But the king interrupted him and said, "Since when have I asked your advice? Be quiet now before I have you killed!" So the prophet left with this warning: "I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not accepted my counsel."

See to it that you obey God, the one who is speaking to you. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, how terrible our danger if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!

My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart,
for they will give you a long and satisfying life.

My father told me, "Take my words to heart. Follow my instructions and you will live.

Carry out my instructions; don't forsake them. Guard them, for they will lead you to a fulfilled life.

In such cases, your mouth is making you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.
For it is good to keep these sayings deep within yourself, always ready on your lips.
I am teaching you today--yes, you--so you will trust in the LORD.

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