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Proverbs 17:10
10You can warn a wise person once and he will learn what is right. But a fool never learns, even if you hit him a hundred times.
Proverbs 17:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- New International Version (NIV)A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Rebuke is more effective for a wise man Than a hundred blows on a fool.
Context of Proverbs 17:10
8Somebody who offers a bribe thinks that it will work like magic. It will help him to do whatever he wants to do. 9If you forgive people when they hurt you, they will still love you. But if you continue to talk about what they have done, they will no longer be your friends. You can warn a wise person once and he will learn what is right. But a fool never learns, even if you hit him a hundred times. 11An evil person never obeys authority, so a cruel messenger will come to punish him. 12Do not go near a fool who is doing stupid things. It would be safer to meet a mother bear who has lost her babies.
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תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְמֵבִ֑ין מֵהַכּ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל מֵאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 17:10
- Proverbs 9:8So do not warn proud people. They will only hate you. But if you warn a wise person, he will love you.
- Proverbs 13:1A wise son listens to his father's teaching. But if you tell a proud person that he is wrong, he will not listen.
- Proverbs 15:5A fool hates his father's rules. But a wise child learns when his father warns him.
- Proverbs 19:25If you beat a proud fool, a silly person may learn to be careful. If you warn a wise person, he himself will learn a lesson.
- Proverbs 27:22Even if you beat a fool with a big stick, as hard as you beat grain, you will never remove all his silly ideas.
- Proverbs 29:19You must use more than words to show a servant what is right. Even if he understands what you say, he will not obey you.
- Psalms 141:5If a good man hits me because he loves me, he is being kind to me. If he shows me that I have done a wrong thing, that it is like special oil on my head. I would not refuse it. I continue to pray against what wicked people do.
- Revelation 3:19I help everyone that I love. When they have done wrong things, I tell them, ‘You have done a wrong thing.’ I show them the right thing that they should do. So be serious about how you live. Stop doing wrong things and turn to me.
Commentaries on Proverbs 17:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10A 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 A gentle reproof will enter, not only into the head, but into the heart of a wise man.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Wise people listen to gentle criticism and follow good advice. Even severe punishment will not change a foolish person.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Reproof more affects the wise than severe scourging, fools.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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