³⁴ Toward the ^(A)scorners he ^(B)is scornful,
    ^(C)but to the humble he gives favor.^[a]

^12 (A)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
    if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but ^(A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

^6 (A)A scoffer seeks wisdom ^(B)in vain,
    but ^(C)knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

^12 (A)A scoffer ^(B)does not like to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

⁵ Whoever mocks the poor ^(A)insults his Maker;
    he who is ^(B)glad at calamity will not go ^(C)unpunished.

^25 (A)Strike ^(B)a scoffer, and the simple will ^(C)learn prudence;
    ^(D)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

^24 (A)“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
    who acts with arrogant pride.