Proverbs 17:10
Rebuke comes down on the intelligent || More than one hundred stripes on a fool.
Literal Standard Version
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 seeks only rebellion, || And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5The righteous beat me [in] kindness. And reprove me, || My head does not disallow oil of the head, || For my prayer [is] still about their distress.
Proverbs 13:1A wise son—the instruction of a father, || And a scorner—he has not heard rebuke.
Proverbs 19:25Strike a scorner, and the simple acts prudently, || And give reproof to the intelligent, || He understands knowledge.
Proverbs 29:19By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, || And there is nothing answering.
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 →