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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
a scorner
luwts (Hebrew #3887)
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Pronounce: loots
Origin: a primitive root
, and the simple
pthiy (Hebrew #6612)
or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from 6601; silly (i.e. seducible)
KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Pronounce: peth-ee'
Origin: or pethiy {peh'-thee}
will λbeware
`aram (Hebrew #6191)
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV usage: X very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.
Pronounce: aw-ram'
Origin: a primitive root
: and reprove
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
one that hath understanding
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
, and he will understand
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
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be cunning.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Smite.
Prov. 21:11• 11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. (Prov. 21:11)
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Deut. 13:11• 11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. (Deut. 13:11)
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Deut. 21:21• 21And 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. (Deut. 21:21)
beware.
Heb. be cunning.
reprove.
Prov. 9:9‑10• 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
 10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. (Prov. 9:9‑10)
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Prov. 15:5• 5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. (Prov. 15:5)
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Prov. 17:10• 10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. (Prov. 17:10)
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Rev. 3:19• 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
• To allow the scorner to go unrebuked would often be to put a snare before the feet of the simple, who might conclude that the gainsaying was irresistible because unanswered. (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• If a wise man, it will be no hardship to be reproved; for the truth itself is of greater value in the eyes of him who has understanding than his own dignity. (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Smite a scorner, and the simple will bewarei; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "will become prudent," as ch. 15.5; 1 Sam. 23.22.