Proverbs 19:25
The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
24The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
26He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:21The people of the city shall stone him: and he shall die, that you may take away the evil out of the midst of you, and all Israel hearing it may be afraid.
Proverbs 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
Revelation 3:19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:25
24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. A sluggard is here exposed as a fool, for, 1. All his care is to save himself from labour and cold. See his posture: He hides his hand in his bosom, pretends he is lame and cannot work; his hands are cold, and he must warm them in his bosom; and, when they are warm there, he must keep them so. He hugs himself in his own ease and is resolved against labour and hardship. Let those work that love it; for his part he… Read the whole commentary →