Proverbs 17:10
8 A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
- KJV
- A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- WEB
- A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
- ASV
- A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
- DARBY
- A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
- BLB
- A rebuke goes down into an understanding one, more than a hundred stripes into a fool.
- ÅB
- Skjenn virker bedre på den forstandige enn hundre slag på dåren.
- OTB
- En irettesettelse trenger dypere inn i en forstandig person enn hundre slag i en dåre.
- B1930
- Skjenn virker bedre på den forstandige enn hundre slag på dåren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Read in contextProverbs 9:8–9
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Read in contextProverbs 19:25
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
Read in contextPsalms 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Read in contextProverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
Read in contextProverbs 13:1
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
Read in contextProverbs 27:22
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Read in contextProverbs 29:19
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
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