Proverbs 17:10

New English Translation

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

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May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!