the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 17:10
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A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.
A rebuke enters deeper into one that has understanding 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 reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
A reprimand goes deeper into one who has understanding and a teachable spirit Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool.
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 sensible person accepts correction, but you can't beat sense into a fool.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding 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.
A rebuke makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred blows on a fool.
A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Smart people learn more from a single correction than fools learn from a hundred beatings.
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 man of understanding learns more from being told the right thing to do than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.
A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.
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 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 rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.
A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
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.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into 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.
Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
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.
Rebuke is more effective for a wise man Than a hundred blows on 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 bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!"
God said, "No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.
We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
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.
