Proverbs 17:10

A Conservative Version

A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Cross References

Revelation 3:19

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

Proverbs 29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words, for though he understands, he will not give heed.

Proverbs 27:22

Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son [hears] his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous man smite me, [as] a kindness. And let him reprove me, [as] oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.

Proverbs 17:9

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil man seeks only rebellion. Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.