Proverbs 17:11
Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
In Context
10A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
12Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:12And Abessalom sent to Achitophel the Theconite, the counsellor of David, from his city, from Gola, where he was sacrificing: and there was a strong + 15:12 So the Alex. which reads σὺστρεμμα. See Acts 23:12. conspiracy; and the people with Abessalom were increasingly numerous.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed Abessalom, and struck him and killed him.
2 Samuel 20:1And there was a transgressor so called there, and his name was Sabee, a Benjamite, the son of Bochori: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae: to your tents, O Israel, every one.
1 Kings 2:24And now as the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonias be put to death.
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 →