Proverbs 10:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.e ”

Proverbs 10:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

literally, A way of life is he that keepeth instruction. The verb “erreth” is better rendered in the margin. The influence for good or evil spreads beyond the man himself.
Proverbs 10:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the...
Proverbs 10:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

refuseth. Some codices read "hateth". erreth . leadeth astray.
Proverbs 10:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He is in the way of life - The truly religious man accumulates knowledge that he may the better know how to l...
Proverbs 10:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He is in the way of life, &c.— He is in the way of life who observeth discipline. Houbigant and Schultens. The LXX read, Instruction or discipline keepeth the way of life.
Proverbs 10:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He (is in) the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth - rather, as m...
Proverbs 10:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or expla...
Proverbs 10:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Erreth. — Literally, committeth error. This is probably the true sense, and harmonises better with being “in the way of life,” which occurs just before, than the marginal rendering, “causeth to e...
Proverbs 10:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and exter...
Proverbs 10:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blessing of the Lord Maketh Rich Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19 . Yet the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the...
Proverbs 10:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indee...
Proverbs 10:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying l...
Proverbs 10:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He [is in] the way of life ,.... Of eternal life, which is truly, properly, and by way of eminency, "life", Matthew 19:17 ; and which is a life of glory; a life of perfection, of perfect holiness,...
Proverbs 10:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. Ver. 17. He is in the way of life. ] Rich fools refuse reproof; hold themselves above admonition, Tange m...
Proverbs 10:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He is in the way of life The way which leadeth to life and blessedness; that keepeth instruction That observeth the wholesome counsels of God and good men: but he that refuseth reproof erreth N...
Proverbs 10:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. See here, 1. That those are in the right that do not only receive instruction, but retain...
Proverbs 10:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The way of life; which leadeth to life and blessedness. That keepeth instruction; that observeth and obeyeth the wholesome counsels of God, and of good men. Erreth, to wit, from the way of life,...
Proverbs 10:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the...
Proverbs 10:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 10:17 . Not, He is in the way , but “He is the way.” Erreth , causeth others to err. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:17 THE INFLUENCE OF EXAMPLE We take here...
Proverbs 10:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have ha...
Proverbs 10:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with t...
Proverbs 10:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 17. He is in the way of life, on the highway to the true enjoyment of life, that keepeth instruction, heeding and accepting correction; but he that refuseth reproof, turning from it, impatie...
Proverbs 10:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 25:16 ; 2 Peter 1:5-11 ; Ecclesiastes 5:6 ; Hebrews 12:25 ; Hebrews 2:1 ; Luke 11:28 ; Matthew 7:24-27 ; Proverbs 1:25 ; Proverbs 1:26 ; Proverbs 1:30 ; Proverbs 12:1 ; Prove...

Proverbs 10:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge