A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
LXX2012
Proverbs 17:10
A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
Parallel Translations
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Cross References
Revelation 3:19Proverbs 9:8–9Proverbs 19:25Proverbs 27:22Proverbs 29:19Psalms 141:5Proverbs 15:5Proverbs 13:1
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