What Does Proverbs 24:25 Mean in the King James?
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew for “rebuke” belongs to the language of presenting a case for judgment, so naming wrongdoing is part of moral clarity.
THE MEANING
Your correction gives wrongdoing its true name instead of letting it pass as right. The verse says delight attends those who rebuke, and a good blessing comes upon them.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that correction is itself cruelty: here, those who rebuke wrongdoing receive delight and blessing.
THE ROOT
מוֹכִיחִים
môḵîḥîm
GROWS FROM
יכח
to decide, argue a case, reprove, or correct
English can make “rebuke” sound like mere scolding, but this word belongs to the work of presenting and judging a case. The rebuker brings wrongdoing into view, and the verse joins that truthful correction with delight and blessing.
ALSO GROWS
tôḵēḥāh: reproof, correction
תּוֹכֵחָה
This noun from the same root names correction as an act that brings an issue into judgment.
hôḵîaḥ: to reprove, argue, or decide
הוֹכִיחַ
This verb shows the wider range behind “rebuke”: confronting a matter and making a judgment about it.
THE PATTERN
Truthful correction can feel painful or adversarial while serving a good outcome.
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.THE THREAD
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.“Rebuketh” here comes from the same Hebrew root, יכח (y-kh-ch; yakach), as the word in Proverbs 24:25. This parallel makes the contrast plain: truthful correction leads to favor, while flattery hides what needs to be seen.
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