The King James Version Bible

Proverbs 17:10

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

Cross References

  1. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
  2. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
  3. A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
  4. A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  5. Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  6. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
  7. A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
  8. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.