Proverbs 24:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים יִנְעָ֑ם וַֽ֝עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם תָּב֥וֹא בִרְכַּת־טֹֽוּב׃

Transliteration

And-to-the-môkîḥîm yinʿām and-upon-them tābôʾ birkat-ṭôb

Grammar Details

• *môkîḥîm*: Hiphil participle, masculine plural with article - those who rebuke
• *yinʿām*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be pleasant
• *tābôʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will come
• *birkat*: feminine singular construct - blessing of
• *ṭôb*: masculine singular noun - good

Word Meanings

• *môkîḥîm*: those who rebuke/those who correct/those who reprove
• *yinʿām*: it will be pleasant/it will be delightful
• *birkat*-*ṭôb*: blessing of good/good blessing

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:23 : 23 He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
• Matt 14:4 : 4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.
• 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
• Titus 1:13 : 13 This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,
• Titus 2:15 : 15 On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.
• 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.
• 1 Kgs 21:19-20 : 19 Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
• Neh 5:7-9 : 7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest. 8 And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word. 9 And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
• Neh 13:8-9 : 8 And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room. 9 Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the perfume. 10 And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field. 11 Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.
• Neh 13:17 : 17 Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?
• Neh 13:25 : 25 And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
• Neh 13:28 : 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.
• Job 29:16-18 : 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. 17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away. 18 Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;