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Proverbs 19:25

Proverbs chapter 19 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

v.25This passage

v.26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 9:8

    Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

  • Deuteronomy 21:21

    And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Deuteronomy 13:11

    And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

  • Proverbs 21:11

    When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

  • Proverbs 17:10

    A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.