Proverbs 17:11
An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
In Context
10A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:12Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong conspiracy, and the people running together increased with Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:15Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.
2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.
1 Kings 2:24And now as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and placed me upon the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Adonias shall be put to death this day.
1 Kings 2:46So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him, and he died.
Matthew 21:41They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end; and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season.
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 →