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Proverbs 19:25

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25aStrike a scoffer and the 1naive may become shrewd,

But breprove one who has understanding and he will 2gain knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit simple
  2. 2Lit discern

Cross references

  1. aProv 21:11
  2. bProv 9:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;

rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;

rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

and reprove the intelligent and he will gain knowledge.

KJV 1900King James Version

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware:

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