10A 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 rebukeגְּעָרָ֣הH1606Noun - feminine singularcuts intoתֵּ֣חַתH5181Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singulara man of discernmentבְמֵבִ֑יןH995Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singulardeeper than a hundredמֵאָֽה׃H3967Number - feminine singularlashes [cut into]מֵהַכּ֖וֹתH5221Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructa foolכְּסִ֣ילH3684Noun - masculine singular