Verse 25

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reove 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 Reove 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 reoof is udent.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A reoof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I buke and chasten: be zealous thefo, and pent.