Proverbs 19:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises a parent’s instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.

Proverbs 21:11

When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.

Proverbs 9:7

Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.

Deuteronomy 13:11

Then all Israel shall hear and be afraid and never again do any such wickedness.

Deuteronomy 21:21

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.

Revelation 3:19

I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.