17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; …
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17)See here, 1. That those are in the right that do not only receive instruction, but retain it, that do not let it slip through carelessness, as most do, nor let it go to those that would rob them of it, that keep instruction safely, keep it pure and entire, keep it for their own use, that they may govern themselves by it, keep it for the benefit of others, that they may instruct them; those that do…
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