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Referenced Verses
- Prov 19:25 : 25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
- Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- Prov 29:19 : 19 A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
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25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
- Prov 10:13-142 verses79%
13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
- Prov 9:7-93 verses77%
7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
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- Prov 15:31-322 verses76%
31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
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1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
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11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
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15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- Prov 14:16-172 verses73%
16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
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22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.
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19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.
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23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
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27He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
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14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
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