Proverbs 19:25
When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if you reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
24He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even bring them up to his mouth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:21And the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall die; and you shall remove the evil one from yourselves, and the rest shall hear and fear.
Proverbs 9:8Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 17:10A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
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 →