“A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.”
Proverbs 17:10 (KJV) |
Proverbs 17:10
From Proverbs 17, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.