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

¹³ Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,^(A)
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.^(B)

¹² If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
    if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

⁶ because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,^(A)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”^[a](B)

⁴¹ “‘Look, you scoffers,
    wonder and perish,
for I am going to do something in your days
    that you would never believe,
    even if someone told you.’^[a]”^(A)

²⁰ The ruthless^(A) will vanish,^(B)
    the mockers^(C) will disappear,
    and all who have an eye for evil^(D) will be cut down—

²² Now stop your mocking,^(A)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed^(B) against the whole land.^(C)