Proverbs 19:25-27

1599 Geneva Bible

²⁵^(A)Smite a scorner, and the ^[a]foolish will beware: and reprove the prudent, and he will understand knowledge.

²⁶He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewd and shameful child.

²⁷My son, hear no more the instruction, that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Footnotes

Proverbs 19:25 That is, the simple and ignorant men learn, when they see the wicked punished.

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