A moment in scripture
Proverbs 19:25
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Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
- Proverbs 19:24
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 19:26
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.