Proverbs 21:10-12

New Living Translation

¹⁰ Evil people desire evil;
    their neighbors get no mercy from them.

¹¹ If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise;
    if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

¹² The Righteous One^[a] knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked;
    he will bring disaster on them.