Proverbs 15:10 (BSB)

Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

From Proverbs 15. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 15:10

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 15:10: 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.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 15:10: Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way,.... The right way, the way of God; the way of his commandments: the Vulgate Latin version is, "the way of life"; the same with the way of righteousness, which apostates, having known and walked in, turn aside from; see Pe2 2:15.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 15:10: (Compare Pro 10:17). the way--that in which God would have him to go (Pro 2:13; Psa 119:1).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 15:10: Correction [is] grievous to him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die. (c) He who swears from the word of God, cannot stand to be admonished.