Proverbs 15:10
in Proverbs 15Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.
KJV
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
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This verse in Proverbs 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe instruction of the wicked leads away from life, etc. The doctrine is evil of those who desert the path of truth; about whom the Lord says, Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least …
This site's exposition
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path
on Proverbs 15:10-12
“Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path,” and the one who hates correction is warned plainly that he “will die”. The mocker completes the group by refusing correction outright, for he “does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way,.... The right way, the way of God; the way of his commandments: the Vulgate Latin version is, "the way of life"; the same with the way of righteousness, which apostates, having known and walked in, turn aside from; see 2Pe 2:15. And such deserve severe correction, the chastisement of a cruel one, correction in wrath and hot displeasure; which, when they have, is very disagreeable to them; they behave under it like a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke, and yet they are but dealt righteously with.
Of all sinners, reproofs are worst resented by apostates. It is certain that those who will not be reproved will be ruined: He that hates reproof, and hardens his heart against it, is joined to his idols; let him alone. He shall die, and perish for ever, in his sins, since he would not be parted from his sins.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Better, There is a grievous correction, i. e., nothing less than death, to him that forsaketh the way.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Harsh discipline will come to him who forsakes the way Harsh suffering is ready for him who transgresses the way of the Holy One, blessed be He.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
The grave and Destruction are opposite the Lord It is revealed to Him all that are therein.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מוּסָ֣ר | musar | discipline | H4148 → | 50 times |
| רָ֭ע | ra' | bad | H7451 → | 662 times |
| לְעֹזֵ֣ב | leozev | [is] for [one who] forsakes | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֹ֑רַח | ʾorach | [the] path | H734 → | 58 times |
| שׂוֹנֵ֖א | sone' | [one who] hates | H8130 → | 146 times |
| תוֹכַ֣חַת | tokhachat | correction | H8433 → | 28 times |
| יָמֽוּת׃ | yamut | he will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
מוּסָ֣רdiscipline
musarH4148 →50 times
רָ֭עbad
ra'H7451 →662 times
לְעֹזֵ֣ב[is] for [one who] forsakes
leozevH5800 →215 times
אֹ֑רַח[the] path
ʾorachH734 →58 times
שׂוֹנֵ֖א[one who] hates
sone'H8130 →146 times
תוֹכַ֣חַתcorrection
tokhachatH8433 →28 times
יָמֽוּת׃he will die
yamutH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
it leads to
- Proverbs 9:7–8
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 119:97–100
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Proverbs 5:12–13
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- Proverbs 9:7–8
Through
John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:11–13
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Ephesians 5:11–13
Through
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
it leads to
- John 15:18–19
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 3:19
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- John 15:18–19
Through
Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
it leads to
- Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- Proverbs 15:5
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.