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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 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 rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred blows into a fool.
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
Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,
I will give you many descendants. New nations will be born from you, and kings will come from you.
Then God said to Abraham, "You and your descendants must keep this agreement from now on.
Cut away your foreskin to show that you are prepared to follow the agreement between me and you.
From now on when a baby boy is eight days old, you will circumcise him. This includes any boy born among your people or any who is your slave, who is not one of your descendants.
Then Abraham said to God, "Please let Ishmael be the son you promised."
God said, "No, Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him to be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants.
And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.
Abraham and his son were circumcised on the same day.
But we will allow you to marry her if you do this one thing: Every man in your town must be circumcised like us.
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.
