Proverbs 17:11
An evil man seeketh only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
In Context
10A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding than an hundred stripes into a fool.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
1 Kings 2:24Now therefore as the LORD liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
1 Kings 2:46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Matthew 21:41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
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 →