Proverbs 19:25
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25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.(A)
Proverbs 21:11
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11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser;
when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.(A)
Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
than a hundred blows into a fool.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)
Deuteronomy 21:21
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21 Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.(A)
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Deuteronomy 13:11
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11 Then all Israel shall hear and be afraid and never again do any such wickedness.(A)
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Revelation 3:19
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19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.(A)
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Proverbs 9:8-10
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8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(A)
9 Give instruction[a] to the wise, and they will become wiser still;
teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.(B)
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.(C)
Footnotes
- 9.9 Heb lacks instruction
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