Proverbs 19:25
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
לוּץ
lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
יָכַח
yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Key Terms in This Verse
לוּץ lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Study H3887 →יָכַח yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Study H3198 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →Cross References
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
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