The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 10:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

He is in the way of life (Proverbs 5:6). It is a way of life when a man keepeth instruction, taketh to heart what is taught by daily providences and the wisdom of experience. Such teachableness leads to happiness here and hereafter.

Erreth (Jeremiah 42:20); not "causeth to err," as in the margin, which weakens the antithesis. Septuagint, "Instruction ( παιδεία) guardeth the ways of life, but he who is unaffected by instruction goeth astray" (comp.

Hebrews 12:7, etc.).

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