Proverbs 17:10
A reprimand hits a thinking person more than one hundred blows hit someone stupid.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
In Context
11Evil people are only looking to rebel, so a cruel messenger will be sent to attack them.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.
Proverbs 13:1A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a mocker doesn't listen to correction.
Proverbs 19:25If you punish someone who mocks, you may help an immature person to learn. Correct the wise, and they become wiser.
Proverbs 29:19A servant can't be disciplined by words alone; though they understand, they don't follow what they're told.
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 →