Proverbs 17:11
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
In Context
10A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy gathered strength; and the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him.
2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.
1 Kings 2:24And now [as] Jehovah liveth, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
1 Kings 2:46And the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who went out and fell upon him, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Matthew 21:41They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil [men], and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:11
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. Note, 1. A word is enough to the wise. A gentle reproof will enter not only into the head, but into the heart of a wise man, so as to have a strong influence upon him; for, if but a hint be given to conscience, let it alone to carry it on and prosecute it. 2. Stripes are not enough for a fool, to make him sensible of his errors, that he may repent of them, and be more cautious for the future. He that is sottish and wilful is very… Read the whole commentary →