The Meaning of Proverbs 24:25 Explained

Proverbs 24:25

KJV: But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

YLT: And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

Darby: but to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh upon them.

ASV: But to them that rebuke him'shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But to them that rebuke  [him] shall be delight,  and a good  blessing  shall come  upon them. 

What does Proverbs 24:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 24

1  Precepts and Warnings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 24:25 mean?

But those who rebuke [the wicked] will have delight and upon them will come a blessing good
וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים יִנְעָ֑ם וַֽ֝עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם תָּב֥וֹא בִרְכַּת־ טֽוֹב

וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים  But  those  who  rebuke  [the  wicked] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָכַח  
Sense: to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right.
יִנְעָ֑ם  will  have  delight 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָעֵם  
Sense: (Qal) to be pleasant, be beautiful, be sweet, be delightful, be lovely.
וַֽ֝עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם  and  upon  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
תָּב֥וֹא  will  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
בִרְכַּת־  a  blessing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
טֽוֹב  good 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.