Proverbs 17:10
A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
In Context
11An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
Proverbs 13:1A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, beareth not when he is reproved.
Proverbs 19:25The wicked man being; scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man he will understand discipline.
Proverbs 29:19A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:10
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Note, 1. The way to preserve peace among relations and neighbours is to make the best of every thing, not to tell others what has been said or done against them when it is not at all necessary to their safety, nor to take notice of what has been said or done against them when it is not at all necessary to their safety, nor to take notice of what has been said or done against ourselves, but to excuse both, and… Read the whole commentary →