Proverbs 19 · Verse 25

Proverbs 19:25

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

Proverbs 19:25, King James Version

Proverbs 19:25 in other translations

BSB	Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
WEB	Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
ASV	Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
YLT	A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.
DARBY	Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.
BBE	When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
Webster	Smite a scorner and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

25. Such is the benefit of reproof; even the simple profit, much more the wise.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

A gentle rebuke goes farthest with a man of understanding.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֵ֣ץletza mockerH3887

תַּ֭כֶּהTa.kehyou will strikeH5221

וּפֶ֣תִיu.Fe.tiand a naive personH6612

יַעְרִ֑םya'.Rimhe will become prudentH6191

וְהוֹכִ֥יחַve.ho.Khi.achand to reproveH3198

לְ֝נָב֗וֹןle.na.Von<to> a discerning [person]H995

יָבִ֥יןya.Vinhe will understandH995

דָּֽעַת\׃Da.'atknowledgeH1847

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Proverbs 21:11
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 9:8-10
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Deuteronomy 21:21
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Deuteronomy 13:11
And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Smite.
21:11; De 13:11; 21:21
beware. Heb. be cunning. reprove.
9:9,10; 15:5; 17:10; Re 3:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 19:24
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 19:25
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:26
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Hiere al escarnecedor, y el simple se hará avisado; y corrigiendo al entendido, entenderá ciencia.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Frappe le moqueur, et le simple deviendra avisé; corrige l’homme intelligent, et il comprendra la connaissance.
German Elberfelder 1871	Schlägst du den Spötter, so wird der Einfältige klug; und weist man den Verständigen zurecht, so wird er Erkenntnis verstehen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Pestilente flagellato stultus sapientior erit; si autem corripueris sapientem, intelliget disciplinam.