⁶ The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.^(A)

⁹ Fools mock at making amends for sin,
    but goodwill is found among the upright.

²⁴ The proud and arrogant person^(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

¹⁰ Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.^(A)

⁹ If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
    the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.