Parallel Bible results for "proverbs 19:25"

Proverbs 19:25

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25 Punish the insolent - make an example of them. Who knows? Somebody might learn a good lesson.
25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
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