Proverbs 17:10–"A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool."
This is a theme of Proverbs and of wisdom in general. How we handle rebuke and instruction speaks volumes to maturity and wisdom. In so many ways wisdom is weighed when our foolishness is confronted and exposed. It is in these moments, when we are rebuked and admonished, that the true depth of wisdom is challenged. But like silver is refined in the crucible so is wisdom purified when foolishness is revealed through rebuke. So when we are rebuked let us pay close attention to how we would react, realizing that our reaction could be the very thing that refines us to be more wise.
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