Proverbs 24:25
Good News Translation
Judges who punish the guilty, however, will be prosperous and enjoy a good reputation.

New Revised Standard Version
but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.

Contemporary English Version
But if you punish the guilty, things will go well for you, and you will prosper.

New American Bible
But those who render just verdicts will fare well, and on them will come the blessing of prosperity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.

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Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

1 Samuel 3:13 For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity, because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them.

1 Kings 21:19,20 And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast slain: moreover also thou hast taken possession. And after these words thou shalt add: Thus saith the Lord: In this place, wherein the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth, they shall lick thy blood also. . . .

Nehemiah 5:7-9 And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them, . . .

Nehemiah 13:8-11 And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse. . . .

Job 29:16-18 I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently. . . .

Matthew 14:4 For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.

1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin reprove before all that the rest also may have fear.

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

Titus 1:13 This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith:

Titus 2:15 These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

a good blessing

Proverbs 28:23 He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
24They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them. 25They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.26He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.…
Cross References
Proverbs 24:26
He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.

Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

Proverbs 24:24
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