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He who keepsשׁוֹמֵרcorrectionמוּסָרis a pathאֹרַחto life,לְחַיִּיםbutוְhe who abandonsעוֹזֵבreproofתּוֹכַחַתleads astray.מַתְעֶה
Proverbs 10:17
Study it in the app“He who keeps correction is a path to life, but he who abandons reproof leads astray.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:17, word by word
- He who keepsשׁוֹמֵרshomer
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shomer” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- is a pathאֹרַחorach
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orach” appears- to lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- he who abandonsעוֹזֵבozev
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “ozev” appears- reproofתּוֹכַחַתtochachat
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochachat” appears- leads astrayמַתְעֶהmate
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “mate” appears
The context
16The wages of the righteous lead to life; the yield of the wicked, to sin.
17 · This verse (above)
18He who conceals hatred has lips of falsehood, and he who spreads slander is senseless.