Proverbs 17:10
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תּוֹכֵחָה
tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
Key Terms in This Verse
תּוֹכֵחָה tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
Study H8433 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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