10 A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:10
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 10
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A rebuke גְּעָרָ֣ה H1606 Noun - feminine singular cuts into תֵּ֣חַת H5181 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular a man of discernment בְמֵבִ֑ין H995 Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular deeper than a hundred מֵאָֽה׃ H3967 Number - feminine singular lashes [cut into] מֵהַכּ֖וֹת H5221 Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct a fool כְּסִ֣יל H3684 Noun - masculine singular