Proverbs 19:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁵ Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson; rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Common English Bible

²⁵ Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever; correct someone with understanding, and they will gain knowledge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ 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

²⁵ The wicked man being; scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man he will understand discipline.

Proverbs 19:25 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 1:5

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

Proverbs 15:5

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

Proverbs 17:10

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

Proverbs 21:11

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

Proverbs 9:7

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

Deuteronomy 13:11

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

Deuteronomy 21:21

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.

Revelation 3:19

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