He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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Gill's Exposition
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,…
Barnes' Notes
literally, A way of life is he that keepeth instruction. The verb “erreth” is better rendered in the margin. The influence for good or evil spreads beyond the man himself.
Matthew Henry
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…
Cambridge Bible
in the way&c. Rather (with R.V. marg.),
A way of life is he that heedeth correction:
But he that forsaketh reproof causeth to err.
The one by his example and influence is a way of life to his…
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