Proverbs 17:10

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

A reproof goes down more into one discerning than a hundred blows striking into a fool .

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous one strike me; it is a mercy; and he rebuking me, it is oil of the head, let not my head refuse it; for yet my prayer also shall be against their evils.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scorner does not hear rebuke.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s instruction, but he keeping correction is prudent.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil one seeks only rebellion, so a cruel messenger is sent against him.

Proverbs 17:9

One who covers a transgression seeks love, but one repeating a matter separates from a friend.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scorner and one of simplicity will become shrewd; reprove a discerner, and he will discern knowledge.

Proverbs 27:22

If you pound a foolish one in the mortar with a pestle amidst grain, his foolishness will not turn away from him.

Proverbs 29:19

A servant is not corrected by words; though he understands, there is no answer.

Revelation 3:19

I, as many “as I love, I rebuke and I chasten.” Be zealous, then, and repent. Prov. 3:12