King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 19:25
“Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.”
Verse in context — 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.
24
A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
26
He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
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Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.