Proverbs 17:10
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.”Proverbs 17:10
What Does Proverbs 17:10 Mean?
Proverbs 17:10 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 17, verse 10 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wisdom.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 17:10 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Revelation 3:19“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”Proverbs 9:8“Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.”Proverbs 19:25“Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.”1 Samuel 25:33“And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.”Ecclesiastes 7:5“It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.”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 10:13“In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.”Proverbs 13:1“A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.”Proverbs 15:5“A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.”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.”Luke 17:3“Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.”Genesis 21:25“And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.”Judges 2:4“And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.”Proverbs 19:29“Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.”Proverbs 26:3“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.”Proverbs 29:19“A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.”Ezekiel 3:21“Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.”
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