Proverbs 19:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:11 : 11 ¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
  • Deut 13:11 : 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
  • Deut 21:21 : 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning. 10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 ¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 ‹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.›

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:11
    84%

    11¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

  • Prov 9:6-9
    4 verses
    81%

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

    7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

    9Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 17:10
    79%

    10¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 14:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

    7¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 13:1
    78%

    1¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 15:5
    77%

    5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 19:29
    77%

    29¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 1:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

    23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  • Prov 15:12
    76%

    12¶ A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1¶ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.

  • Prov 14:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

    18¶ The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 10:13
    75%

    13¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Prov 22:10
    74%

    10¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • Prov 27:12
    74%

    12¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

  • Prov 13:18
    74%

    18¶ Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17¶ He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31¶ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

    32¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26¶ He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

    27¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 24:9
    73%

    9The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

  • Prov 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Prov 29:8
    73%

    8¶ Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.

    16¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

  • Prov 29:1
    73%

    1¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 26:5
    72%

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 17:5
    72%

    5¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 15:20
    72%

    20¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 29:15
    72%

    15¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 21:24
    72%

    24¶ Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

  • Prov 24:25
    72%

    25But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

    14¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 1:32
    72%

    32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 22:3
    72%

    3¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  • Prov 17:27
    72%

    27¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

  • Prov 22:15
    71%

    15¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 15:10
    71%

    10¶ Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 1:7
    71%

    7¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

    15¶ The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.