THEOSISProverbs 17:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְמֵבִ֑ין מֵהַכּ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל מֵאָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rev 3:19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
- Prov 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Prov 9:9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
- Prov 29:19A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
- Ps 141 (140):5
- Prov 13:1A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, heareth not when he is reproved.
- Prov 15:5A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
- Prov 19:25The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.