Proverbs 17:10

"A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool."

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Psalms 141:5

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Proverbs 9:8

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 27:22

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Proverbs 29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

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

All Translations

BBE BBE

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

DBY DBY

A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

KJV King James Version

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

WBT WBT

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

WEB WEB

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred lashes into a fool.

YLT YLT

Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.