He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
WEB
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
YLT
A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
DBT
Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.