Proverbs 17:10
A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
In Context
11Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5I cried to you, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living. 1
Proverbs 13:1A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.
Proverbs 19:25When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if you reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
Proverbs 29:19A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understands, still he will not obey.
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 →