Proverbs 17:10

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE INTO [DESCENDS INTO, FROM naachat (H5181 )] A WISE MAN THAN AN HUNDRED STRIPES INTO A FOOL - literally, 'than to strike a fool a hundred times.' It is the height of folly to harden one's self against the reproofs of God, and so to incur His "hundred stripes." 'A generous horse is ruled even by the shadow of the rod; a lazy beast cannot be stirred even by a spur' (Curtius, 7:4). Tender susceptibility to the monitions of our Father, by His Word, His ministers, and His Providential dealings, is the mark of a gracious soul....

Verse Proverbs 17:10. _A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE_] Though the rod, judiciously applied, is a _great instrument of knowledge_, yet it is of no use where incurable dulness or want of intellect, prevails. Besides, there are _generous dispositions_ on which _counsel_ will work more than stripes....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) BETTER (sweeter) IS A DRY MORSEL, AND QUIETNESS THEREWITH. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water before it was eaten. Thus Boaz bid Ruth "dip her morsel in the vinegar" (Ruth 2:14); thus Jesus gave the sop to Judas when he had dipped it (John 13:26). The Septuagint is pleonastic, "Better is a morsel with joy in peace." Ab

A REPROOF ENTERETH MORE INTO A WISE MAN,.... A single verbal reproof, gently, kindly, and prudently given, not only enters the ear, but the heart of a wise and understanding man; it descends into him, as the word k signifies; it sinks deep into his mind; it penetrates into his heart, and pierces his conscience; brings him easily to humiliation, confession, and reformation. Or, "reproof is more terror to a wise man"; as Jarchi interprets it, and the Tigurine version; it awes and terrifies him more; a single word has more effect upon him, entering more easily into him, THAN AN HUNDRED STRIPES INTO A FOOL; or, "than smiting a fool a hundred times" l: a word to a wise man is more than a hundred blows to a fool, will sooner correct and amend him; a word will enter where a blow will not; stripes only reach the back, but not the heart of a fool; he is never the better for all the corrections g...

CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs 17:3). Man may try silver and gold, but God only the hearts. And He tries the hearts by the refining process, trials and afflictions, the process which rests in His own hands. (See Psalms 66:10; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7 .) “He that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends” (Proverbs 17:9). To

PROVERBS 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family (Proverbs 17:2), the practice of bribes (Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23), the value of adversity as a test of friendship (Proverbs 17:17): also the subject of suretyship, dealt with in Proverbs 6:1, is resumed (Proverbs 17:18). PROVERBS 17:1. For the connexion betwee

WISE MAN. Hebrew. _binah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. FOOL. Hebrew. _kesil_. See note on Proverbs 1:7....

_more_ Rather, DEEPER, R.V.; as we say, makes a deeper impression. See Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 26:22. Maurer compares "altius in pectus descendit" (Sall. Judges 11; Judges 11), "curam in animos descensuram" (Liv. 2. 52); and for the sentiment, "nobilis equus umbra quoque virgæ regitur, ignavus ne calcari quidem concitari potest" (Curt. 7. 4): "a noble steed is ruled even by the shadow of the whip; a sluggish one cannot be roused even by the spur....

CHAPTER 17 TEXT Proverbs 17:1-10 1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. 2. A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren. 3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts. 4. An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. 6. Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers. 7. Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince, 8. A bribe is as a precious

17:10 fool. (b-17) _ Kesil_ . so vers. 12,16,21,24. (In ver. 28 it is _ Eveel_ . as ch. 1.7.) Also chs. 18.2,6,7; 19.1,10....