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Proverbs 19:25 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 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 context
23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understandingbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- scornerlûwtsproperly, to make mouths atH3887 →
- reproveyâkachto be rightH3198 →
- simplepᵉthîysillyH6612 →
- bewareʻâramproperly, to be bareH6191 →
- Smitenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
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Note, 1. The punishment of scorners will be a means of good to others. When men are so hardened in wickedness that they will not themselves be wrought upon by the severe methods that are used to reclaim and reform them, yet such methods must be used for the sake of others, that they may hear and fear, Deu 19:20.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary