Proverbs 19:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי יַעְרִ֑ם וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ לְ֝נָב֗וֹן יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת׃

Transliteration

lēṣ takkeh and petî yaʿrîm and hōḵîaḥ to nābōn yābîn dāʿat.

Grammar Details

*lēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - scoffer/mocker
*takkeh*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you strike/hit
*petî*: adjective, masculine singular - simple/naive
*yaʿrîm*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will become shrewd
*hōḵîaḥ*: verb, hiphil infinitive absolute - to rebuke/reprove
*nābōn*: verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - discerning/understanding
*yābîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will understand/perceive
*dāʿat*: noun, feminine singular - knowledge

Word Meanings

*lēṣ*: scoffer/mocker/scorner
*takkeh*: you strike/hit/smite
*petî*: simple/naive/foolish
*yaʿrîm*: will become shrewd/prudent/crafty
*hōḵîaḥ*: to rebuke/reprove/correct
*nābōn*: discerning/understanding/intelligent
*yābîn*: will understand/perceive/discern
*dāʿat*: knowledge/understanding/discernment

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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)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 21:11
84%
11When 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%
10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Prov 14:6-7
2 verses
78%
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Prov 13:1
78%
1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Prov 15:5
77%
5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Prov 19:29
77%
29Judgments 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%
12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Prov 12:1
76%
1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Prov 14:17-18
2 verses
75%
17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Prov 10:13
75%
13In 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%
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Prov 27:12
74%
12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Prov 13:18
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18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Prov 10:17
74%
17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Prov 15:31-32
2 verses
74%
31The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Prov 19:26-27
2 verses
74%
26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27Cease, 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
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8Scornful 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%
15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Prov 29:1
73%
1He, 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%
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Prov 15:20
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20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Prov 29:15
72%
15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Prov 21:24
72%
24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Prov 24:25
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25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Prov 15:14
72%
14The 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%
3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Prov 22:3
72%
3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Prov 17:27
72%
27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Prov 22:15
71%
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Prov 15:10
71%
10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Prov 16:22
71%
22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Prov 1:7
71%
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 14:15
71%
15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.