Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Or, a reproof aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times
Bible References
Or, a reproof aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times
Proverbs 9:8
Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise and he will love you.
Proverbs 13:1
A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 19:25
The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent [and] he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs 27:22
If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.
Proverbs 29:19
By words, a servant is not disciplined, for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.
Psalm 141:5
Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. [It is] oil for [my] head; let not my head refuse. For still my prayer [is] against their evil deeds.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!