A moment in scripture
Proverbs 10:17
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He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 10:15
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- Proverbs 10:16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
- 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.