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 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. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge. American Standard Version (1901) Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. Common English Bible Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever; correct someone with understanding, and they will gain knowledge. Catholic Public Domain Version When the pestilent are scourged, the foolish will become wiser. But if you chastise the wise, he will understand discipline. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked man being; scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man he will understand discipline. |
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.
let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,
A fool despises a parent’s instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.
A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.
When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.
Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.
Then all Israel shall hear and be afraid and never again do any such wickedness.
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.
I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.