⁶ A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

¹² A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;^(A)
he will not consult the wise.

²⁵ Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;^(A)
rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.^(B)

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.^(A)

¹¹ When a mocker is punished,
the inexperienced become wiser;
when one teaches a wise man,
he acquires knowledge.^(A)

²⁴ The arrogant and proud person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive arrogance.^(A)

¹⁰ Drive out a mocker,^(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.^(B)