Proverbs 17:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 A single reprimand does more for a discerning person
than a hundred lashes for a fool.[a]
Footnotes
- 17:10 A wonderful comment on the openness and sensitivity of the wise and the foolish. One type learns from a single word and for the other one hundred blows are not enough.
Proverbs 17:10
New International Version
10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 21:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 When scoffers are punished the naive become wise;
when the wise succeed, they gain knowledge.(A)
Proverbs 21:11
New International Version
11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.(A)
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