Proverbs 24:25

King James Version 1611 (Original)

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon 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 that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
• Matt 14:4 : 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
• 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
• Titus 1:13 : 13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
• Titus 2:15 : 15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
• 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
• 1 Kgs 21:19-20 : 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Neh 5:7-9 : 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
• Neh 13:8-9 : 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. 10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
• Neh 13:17 : 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
• Neh 13:25 : 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
• Neh 13:28 : 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
• Job 29:16-18 : 16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.