Verse 25

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

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.›