Proverbs 17:10 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man Than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person than a hundred lashes to a fool.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ A correction benefits more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.

Proverbs 17:10 Cross References

Psalm 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 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 17:11

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 17:9

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 27:22

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Proverbs 29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.