Pro 10:17 | NETfull | STEP | The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

Proverbs 10:17

17 The one who heeds instruction ^{▼▼ Heb “discipline.” The noun מוּסָר (musar) has a basic two-fold range of meanings: (1) “discipline” (so NIV; NAB “admonition”; NCV, NLT “correction”) and (2) “instruction” (BDB 416 s.v.; so KJV, NASB, NRSV). The wise person listens to instruction (first colon); however, the fool will not even take discipline to heart (second colon).} is on the way to ^{▼▼ The term is a genitive of location indicating the goal (IBHS 147–48 #9.5.2f).} life,
but the one who rejects ^{▼▼ The contrast with the one who holds fast to discipline is the one who forsakes or abandons reproof or correction. Whereas the first is an example, this latter individual causes people to wander from the true course of life, that is, causes them to err.} rebuke goes astray.