THEOSISProverbs 21:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.
בַּעְנָשׁ־לֵ֭ץ יֶחְכַּם־פֶּ֑תִי וּבְהַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְ֝חָכָ֗ם יִקַּח־דָּֽעַת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 19:25The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.
- Prov 18:15A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
- Prov 9:9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
- Acts 5:5And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and gave up the ghost. And there came great fear upon all that heard it.
- Prov 18:1He that hath a mind to depart from a friend, seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.
- 1 Cor 10:6Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things, as they also coveted.
- 1 Cor 10:11Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
- Prov 15:14The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.