Proverbs 15:10
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּסָר
mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
תּוֹכֵחָה
tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
מוּסָר mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
Study H4148 →תּוֹכֵחָה tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
Study H8433 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
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.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil....
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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