Matthew Henry Commentary Proverbs 10:17

"He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth." — Proverbs 10:17 (ASV)

The murderer shall be haunted with terrors. None shall desire to save him from deserved punishment, nor pity him.

Children must not be allowed to go without rebuke when they do wrong.

The traveler who has missed his way, and cannot bear to be told of it, and to be shown the right way, must still err.

A life of worldly pleasure brings ruin on people.

God has chosen the poor of this world, to be rich in faith, and heirs of his kingdom.

No change of outward circumstances should lessen our affection for our friends or relatives. But no friend, except Christ, deserves unlimited confidence. In Him this text received, and still receives, its most glorious fulfilment.

We cannot be upon good terms with our neighbors, without discretion as well as sincerity. How much better a Friend is God than any other friend! The more often we come to him, the more welcome.

To make ourselves busy in other people's matters is to thrust ourselves into temptation.

We are cautioned to be careful whom we converse with. And directed to aim, in conversation, to make one another wiser and better.

It is good for all to dread and detest the sin of lying, and to be governed by honesty.

Wealth gotten by fraud may be sweet, for the carnal mind takes pleasure in the success of wicked devices; but it will be bitter in the reflection.

Those who are wicked, and false to Christ and to the souls of men do mischief and fall into mischief; but those who are faithful find sound words healing to others and to themselves.

A cruel, perverse, ill-natured man is vexatious to those who are, and should be, to him as his own flesh, and punishes himself.

An angry man is to be pitied as well as blamed; but the vengeful is more hateful.

It is well to listen to our enemies, that we may form a better judgment of ourselves.

A sincerely religious man keeps at a distance from every appearance of evil. Happy is the man who walks in Christ, and is led by the Spirit of Christ.