10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10)This shows that those who cannot bear to be corrected must expect to be destroyed. 1. It is common for those who have known the way of righteousness, but have forsaken it, to reckon it a great affront to be reproved and admonished. They are very uneasy at reproof; they cannot, they will not, bear it; nay, because they hate to be reformed, they hate to be reproved, and hate those who deal faithfull…
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