Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Words which embrace nearly the whole theory of punishment. If the man who offends is a “scorner,” hardened beyond all hope of reformation, then pun...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Smite a scorner, and the (i) simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge. (i) That is, the simpl...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

scorner . scoffer. will beware . will be made wise (note the force of the Hiphil). Illustrations: Israel ( Exodus 14:31 ); the stubborn ( Deuter...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. Smite a scorner, and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware. — For “scorner” and “simple” see note on Proverbs 1:22 . Reproof is of no avail to turn the “scorner”...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mer...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware ,.... That is, give reproof to a man that scoffs at religion, and makes a jest of all that is good; for...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge. Ver. 25. Smite a scorner...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Smite a scorner An obstinate and impudent transgressor, a derider of religion and virtue, who rejects and scorns all admonition: that is, punish hi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. Note, 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Smite a scorner; an obstinate and impudent transgressor, who rejects and scorns all admonitions, and therefore is to be taught with blows. The sim...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and wh...
The Biblical Illustrator

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware. Man chastising the wrong I. Wrong may exist in very different characters. There are three characte...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 25. Smite a scorner, who is beyond rebuke, in whose case no admonition will bring fruit, and the simple will beware; although inexperienced, l...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 13:11 ; Deuteronomy 21:21 ; Proverbs 15:5 ; Proverbs 17:10 ; Proverbs 21:11 ; Proverbs 9:10 ; Proverbs 9:9 ; Revelation 3:19
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Scorner — An obstinate and impudent transgressor. Simple — Who sin thro' ignorance, being possibly drawn to it by the scorner's evil counsel or exa...

²⁵ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware:e and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 19:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 19:25