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Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

KJV

Pestilente flagellato stultus sapientior erit ; si autem corripueris sapientem, intelliget disciplinam.

Vulgate

ὁ ἐγγυώμενος παῖδα ἄφρονα καθυβρίζει δικαίωμα, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν καταπίεται κρίσεις.

LXX

Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

ASV

לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּ/פֶ֣תִי יַעְרִ֑ם וְ/הוֹכִ֥יחַ לְ֝/נָב֗וֹן יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
עָר֥וֹם
'rvm
verb · 5×
פְתָאיִ֣ם
pt'ym
noun · 19×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • Prov 9:8 — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 15:5 — A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  • Prov 17:10 — A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Prov 20:30 — The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
  • Prov 21:11 — When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
  • Prov 21:11 — When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
  • Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
  • Rev 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.