Proverbs 24:25
but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and ◄they will receive blessings/God will bless them►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
In Context
26Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
Cross References
Leviticus 19:17‘Do not hate anyone. Instead, honestly rebuke those who ought to be rebuked, in order that you also will not be guilty.
1 Kings 21:19Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him: ‘You have murdered Naboth and taken his land.’ So I am telling you this: ‘In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth’s blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!’”
Nehemiah 13:8I became very angry, and I threw out of that room everything that belonged to Tobiah.
Nehemiah 13:25So I rebuked those men, and I asked God to curse them, and I beat them and pulled out some of their hair. Then I forced them to solemnly promise, knowing that God [MTY] was listening, that they would never again marry foreigners, and never allow their children to marry foreigners.
Job 29:16I was like [MET] a father to poor people, and in courts I defended those who were strangers.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:24-27
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in… Read the whole commentary →