Proverbs 1:22
American Standard Version
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
And scoffers delight them in scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:34 Or, Though
- Proverbs 3:34 Or, Yet
Proverbs 9:7-8
American Standard Version
7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 14:6
American Standard Version
6 A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Proverbs 15:12
American Standard Version
12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.
Proverbs 19:25
American Standard Version
25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:29
American Standard Version
29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 21:11
American Standard Version
11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise;
And [a]when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:11 Or, when one considereth the wise
Proverbs 21:24
American Standard Version
24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;
He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
Proverbs 22:10
American Standard Version
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
Proverbs 24:9
American Standard Version
9 The thought of foolishness is sin;
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 29:8
American Standard Version
8 Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.
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