Proverbs 10:17
Strong's Lexicon
Whoever heeds
שׁוֹמֵ֣ר (šō·w·mêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

instruction
מוּסָ֑ר (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4148: 1) discipline, chastening, correction 1a) discipline, correction 1b) chastening

is on the path
אֹ֣רַח (’ō·raḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 734: 1) way, path 1a) path, road 1b) the path, way, passing of life (fig.) 1c) way of living (fig.) 1d) traveller, wayfarer (meton)

to life,
לְ֭חַיִּים (lə·ḥay·yîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

but he who ignores
וְעוֹזֵ֖ב (wə·‘ō·w·zêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5800: 1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted 2) to restore, repair 2a) (Qal) to repair

reproof
תּוֹכַ֣חַת (tō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8433: 1) rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement 2) argument, reproof 2a) argument, impeachment 2b) reproof, chiding 2c) correction, rebuke

goes astray.
מַתְעֶֽה׃ (maṯ·‘eh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8582: 1) to err, wander, go astray, stagger 1a) (Qal) to err 1a1) to wander about (physically) 1a2) of intoxication 1a3) of sin (ethically) 1a4) wandering (of the mind) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard) 1b2) to be led astray (ethically) 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to wander 1c1) to cause to wander about (physically) 1c2) to cause to wander (of intoxication) 1c3) to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

Young's Literal Translation
A traveller to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who follows instruction is on the path to life, but the one who rejects correction goes astray.

New American Standard Bible
He is [on] the path of life who heeds instruction, But he who ignores reproof goes astray.

King James Bible
He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

New Living Translation
People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.

English Standard Version
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

New American Standard Bible
He is on the path of life who heeds instruction, But he who ignores reproof goes astray.

King James Bible
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who follows instruction is on the path to life, but the one who rejects correction goes astray.

International Standard Version
Whoever heeds correction is on the pathway to life, but someone who ignores exhortation goes astray.

NET Bible
The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

American Standard Version
He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

English Revised Version
He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Young's Literal Translation
A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
















Cross References
Judges 19:17
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 10:16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 10:15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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