Proverbs 19:25

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²⁵Arrogance should be punished, so that people who don’t know any better can learn a lesson. If you are wise, you will learn when you are corrected.

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;

reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;

rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;

rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;

if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence,

and reprove the intelligent and he will gain knowledge.

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware:

And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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