A gentle rebuke goes farthest with a man of understanding.
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Proverbs 19:25
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:1-29EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:22-29Mixed maxims of life-wisdom I. HUMAN KINDNESS. (Proverbs 19:22.) There is no purer delight than in the feelings of love and the practical exercise of universal kindness. If the mere pleasure of the selfish and the benev…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 19:25Note, 1. The punishment of scorners will be a means of good to others. When men are so hardened in wickedness that they will not themselves be wrought upon by the severe methods that are used to reclaim and reform them,…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; will learn prudence, Revised Verson (comp. Proverbs 21:11; and see note on Proverbs 1:22). The scorner is hardened to all reproof, and is beyond all hope of being reformed by…Joseph S. Exell and contributors