Proverbs 17:10
Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
Young's Literal Translation
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 seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
Cross References
Psalms 141:5The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
Proverbs 13:1A wise son — the instruction of a father, And a scorner — he hath not heard rebuke.
Proverbs 19:25A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth 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 →