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Proverbs 17:10
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A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.
A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Smart people learn more from a single correction than fools learn from a hundred beatings.
A reprimand goes deeper into one who has understanding and a teachable spirit Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
A sensible person accepts correction, but you can't beat sense into a fool.
A rebuke makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred blows on a fool.
A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
A reproofe entreth more into a wise man, then an hundred stripes into a foole.
A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding than an hundred stripes into a fool.
A rebuke affects a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes to a fool.
A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
A reproof enters more into one discerning than a hundred stripes into a fool.
A wise person will learn more from a warning than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.
A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
Rebuke is more effective for a wise man Than a hundred blows on a fool.
A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.
A man of understanding learns more from being told the right thing to do than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
A threat breaks the heart of a wise man; but the fool instead of a rebuke receives a scourging, and yet he is not conscious of it.
An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.
A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.
A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool.
Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
A rebuke enters deeper into one that has understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.
A quiet rebuke to a person of good sense does more than a whack on the head of a fool.
A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred blows into a fool.
A rebuke goes deeper into one who understandsThan a hundred blows into a fool.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
or, A reproof aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times. Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 13:1, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 19:25, Proverbs 27:22, Proverbs 29:19, Psalms 141:5, Revelation 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:25 - reproved Judges 2:4 - the people 1 Samuel 25:33 - blessed Proverbs 10:13 - a rod Proverbs 19:29 - and Proverbs 26:3 - General Ecclesiastes 7:5 - better Ezekiel 3:21 - he shall Luke 17:3 - rebuke
Cross-References
Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
"I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
"And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.
"And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, including a slave who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.
And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"
But God said, "No, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
And his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
On this very same day Abraham was circumcised, as well as his son Ishmael.
"Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you will be circumcised,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A reproof entereth more into a wise man,.... A single verbal reproof, gently, kindly, and prudently given, not only enters the ear, but the heart of a wise and understanding man; it descends into him, as the word k signifies; it sinks deep into his mind; it penetrates into his heart, and pierces his conscience; brings him easily to humiliation, confession, and reformation. Or, "reproof is more terror to a wise man"; as Jarchi interprets it, and the Tigurine version; it awes and terrifies him more; a single word has more effect upon him, entering more easily into him,
than an hundred stripes into a fool; or, "than smiting a fool a hundred times" l: a word to a wise man is more than a hundred blows to a fool, will sooner correct and amend him; a word will enter where a blow will not; stripes only reach the back, but not the heart of a fool; he is never the better for all the corrections given him; his heart is not affected, is not humbled, nor brought to a sense of sin, and acknowledgment of it; nor is he in the least reformed: or a single reproof to a wise man is of more service than a hundred reproofs to a fool; which are sometimes expressed by smiting, "let the righteous smite me", c. Psalms 141:5.
k תחת "descendet", Montanus "descendit", Vatablus, Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus. l מהכות כסיל מאה "magis quam si percuties stolidum centies", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, so Pagninus, Michaelis.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:10. A reproof entereth more — Though the rod, judiciously applied, is a great instrument of knowledge, yet it is of no use where incurable dulness or want of intellect, prevails. Besides, there are generous dispositions on which counsel will work more than stripes.
