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 margin, 'causeth to err;' and then, for the sake of correspondence, the parallel clause will be, 'The way to life (is) he that keepeth disciplinary instruction' - i:e., he shows the way to life (Maurer). But the Chaldaic takes it much as the English version-`The way of life keepeth disciplinary instruction, and he that leaveth reproof erreth.' Gejer translates the first clause as the English version, or else 'The way of life (is) to keep (the Hebrew participle standing for the infinitive) disciplinary instruction'-namely, the instruction that shows one's errors in faith or life, whether on the part of God by chastisements or on the part of ministers by reproofs. To 'keep disciplinary instruction' is to admit it willingly into the ears, weigh it well in the heart, and show approval of it by obedience. The transitive sense is the more usual of the Hebrew in the latter clause, 'causeth others to err,' as well as erring fatally himself. 'To refuse,' or, literally, 'leave reproof,' is to avoid all occasions where one fears that one's sins will he laid bare-sermons, the faithful reproofs of the godly; and also to shrink from disciplinary chastisement, which God lays on His believing people.