When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.
Deuteronomy 19:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The rest shall hear and be afraid, and a crime such as this shall never again be committed among you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And those who remain shall hear and [reverently] fear, and shall henceforth commit no such evil among you. American Standard Version (1901) And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. Common English Bible The rest of the people will hear about this and be afraid. They won’t do that sort of evil thing among you again. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That others hearing may fear, and may not dare to do such things. |
When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.
Then all Israel shall hear and be afraid and never again do any such wickedness.
“If you hear it said about one of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you to live in,
All the people will hear and be afraid and will not act presumptuously again.
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first raised against the person to execute the death penalty and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest also may stand in fear.