Proverbs 19:25

Proverbs 19:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
• New International Version (NIV)Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Strike a scoffer, and the simple will become wary; Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge.

Context of Proverbs 19:25

23The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life, and he [that hath it] shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil. 24A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again. Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge. 26He that ruineth [his] father and chaseth away [his] mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. 27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 19:25 word by word

לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי יַעְרִ֑ם וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ לְ֝נָב֗וֹן יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת׃Read the interlinear

• reproveיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847

Cross-references for Proverbs 19:25

• Proverbs 21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
• Deuteronomy 13:11and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst.
• Deuteronomy 21:21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
• Proverbs 9:9Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
• Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
• Proverbs 17:10A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
• Revelation 3:19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.

Commentaries on Proverbs 19:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Words which embrace nearly the whole theory of punishment. If the man who offends is a “scorner,” hardened beyond all hope of reformation, then punish him by way of retribution and example, and let the penalty be sharp, that even the unwary and careless may beware. If the man be “understanding,” then let the punishment take the form of discipline. Admonish, reprove, educate.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25Verse 25 A gentle rebuke goes farthest with a man of understanding.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25A mocker cannot be helped (see study notes on Proverbs 1:22; 21:11). A leader should still punish him so the simpleminded learn a lesson.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Such is the benefit of reproof; even the simple profit, much more the wise.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 19:25

• Punishment
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• Judgment
• Pity
• Scorner
• Slothfulness
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings