Proverbs 10:17 (BSB)

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

From Proverbs 10. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 10:17

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 10:17: 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...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 10:17: He is in the way of life,.... Of eternal life, which is truly, properly, and by way of eminency, "life", Mat 19:17; and which is a life of glory; a life of perfection, of perfect holiness, knowledge, obedience, love, peace, and joy; a life free from all the inconveniences of the present life, animal or spiritual; a life of pleasure, and which will last for...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 10:17: keepeth--observes (Pro 3:18; Pro 4:22). refuseth--or, "turns from reproof," which might direct him aright.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 10:17: Pro 10:17 The group of proverbs now following bring again to view the good and bad effects of human speech. The seventeenth verse introduces the transition: 17 There is a way to life when one gives heed to correction; And whoever disregards instruction runs into error.