THEOSISProverbs 19:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.
לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי יַעְרִ֑ם וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ לְ֝נָב֗וֹן יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:11When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.
- Prov 17:10A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
- Prov 15:5A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
- Prov 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Prov 9:10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
- Rev 3:19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
- Deut 13:11That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do no more any thing like this.
- Deut 21:21The people of the city shall stone him: and he shall die, that you may take away the evil out of the midst of you, and all Israel hearing it may be afraid.