Proverbs 19:25 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 12:6 (253)

If you want to take Scripture as a witness that sinners are punished for the education of others, even if those unabashed may be beyond treatment, hear Solomon in the Proverbs who says, "When a pest is being whipped, the fool will be more astute." He did not say that he who is being whipped will be more astute and more sensible through the whips, but he said that the fool will change from foolishness into common sense through whips employed on the pest.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Words 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.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֵ֣ץ	letz	a mocker	H3887 →
תַּ֭כֶּה	Ta.keh	you will strike	H5221 →
וּפֶ֣תִי	u.Fe.ti	and a naive person	H6612 →
יַעְרִ֑ם	ya'.Rim	he will become prudent	H6191 →
וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ	ve.ho.Khi.ach	and to reprove	H3198 →
לְ֝נָב֗וֹן	le.na.Von	<to> a discerning [person]	H995 →
יָבִ֥ין	ya.Vin	he will understand	H995 →
דָּֽעַת׃	Da.'at	knowledge	H1847 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:11–12
  My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
  But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Hebrews 12:5–11
  And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Job 5:17
  Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Revelation 2:5
  Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from…
Through
Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
leads to
- Proverbs 13:1
  A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 15:31–32
  He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Through
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
leads to
- Revelation 3:19
  Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Proverbs

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Where the connections lead

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