Proverbs 15:10

Those who reject correction and abandon the right path will face destruction.

To warn that those who abandon the path of wisdom will face severe correction, and that hatred of reproof ultimately leads to destruction.

This proverb sits within a cluster of sayings that contrast the way of the wicked with the way of the righteous and that repeatedly speak about “the way/path” as a moral trajectory. The immediate context (15:8–12) highlights what the LORD approves or despises and stresses that God sees deeper than outward behavior. Verse 10 focuses on what happens when a person departs from the right path: correction meets them, not because wisdom is arbitrary, but because moral reality is ordered and deviation carries consequences. The two parallel lines intensify the warning by moving from the consequence of wandering (“stern discipline”) to the end of entrenched resistance (“will die”). As a proverb, it describes a general moral pattern: leaving wisdom’s path invites painful correction; hardening against that correction leads to ruin.

Proverbs presents wisdom instruction for covenant life, shaping character and conduct through concise sayings that assume the LORD’s moral governance of human life.