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Proverbs 19:25

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson; rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

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When a mocker is punished, the inexperienced become wiser; when one teaches a wise man, he acquires knowledge.

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

A fool despises his father’s discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.

Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. You must purge the evil from you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

All Israel will hear and be afraid, and they will no longer do anything evil like this among you.

The one who corrects a mocker will bring abuse on himself; the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.

let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –