Proverbs 17:10 - Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness

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Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
…9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends. 10A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool. 11An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.…

Cross References

Proverbs 17:9
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.Proverbs 17:11
An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

Proverbs 9:8,9
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.

Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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Proverbs 17

1. Contrasts between the Righteous and the Wicked

Verse 10. - A reproof entereth more (deeper) into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. A deserved rebuke makes a deeper impression upon a man of understanding than the severest chastisement upon a fool. Hitzig quotes Sallust, 'Jug.,' 11, "Verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius, quam quisquam ratus est, descendit." Quint. Curt., 54:7, "Nobilis equus umbra quoque virgae regitur, ignavus ne calcari quidem concitari potest." The antithesis is put more forcibly in the Septuagint, "A threat breaks the heart of a prudent man; a fool even scourged feels it not." Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

A rebuke
גְּעָרָ֣ה (gə·‘ā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1606: A chiding

affects
תֵּ֣חַת (tê·ḥaṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5181: To sink, descend, to press, lead down

a man of discernment
בְמֵבִ֑ין (ḇə·mê·ḇîn)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

more than a hundred
מֵאָֽה׃ (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

lashes
מֵהַכּ֖וֹת (mê·hak·kō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5221: To strike

to a fool.
כְּסִ֣יל (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

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