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Proverbs 19:25
The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.
Proverbs 19:25 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 19:25 in other translations
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
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In context
22 A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.
23 The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil.
24 The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
25 The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.
26 He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.
27 Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
28 An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
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