Proverbs 17:10

New International Version

A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

Proverbs 17:11

Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 19:25

Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

Proverbs 29:19

Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond.

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.