Proverbs 17:10 KJV

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Matthew Henry

  • Proverbs 17:1–28These words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life. 2. The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
  • Proverbs 9:8–9 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. …
  • Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
  • Proverbs 15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  • Proverbs 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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Strong’s Numbers

  • A reproof גְּעָרָה gᵉʻârâh
  • entereth נָחַת nâchath
  • more into a wise man בִּין bîyn
  • than an hundred מֵאָה mêʼâh
  • stripes נָכָה nâkâh
  • into a fool כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl

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