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34 Though (A)He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet (B)He gives grace to the humble.

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34 He mocks(A) proud mockers(B)
    but shows favor to the humble(C) and oppressed.

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He who (A)disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
(B)Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
(C)Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

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Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.(A)
Do not rebuke mockers(B) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.(C)

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

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

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13 A (A)wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a (B)scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)

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A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

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

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12 A (A)scoffer does not love one who reproves him,
He will not go to the wise.

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12 Mockers resent correction,(A)
    so they avoid the wise.

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He who mocks the (A)poor reproaches his Maker;
He who is (B)glad at disaster will not go unpunished.

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Whoever mocks the poor(A) shows contempt for their Maker;(B)
    whoever gloats over disaster(C) will not go unpunished.(D)

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25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent,
But (B)reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge.

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25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(A) and they will gain knowledge.(B)

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24 “Arrogant,” “Haughty,” “(A)Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with (B)arrogant fury.

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

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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.

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

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The (A)scheming of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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The schemes of folly are sin,
    and people detest a mocker.

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Scoffers [a](A)set a city aflame,
But (B)wise men turn away anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:8 Lit breathe out

Mockers stir up a city,
    but the wise turn away anger.(A)

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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
And (B)despises obedience to a mother,
The (C)ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young (D)eagles will eat it.

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17 “The eye that mocks(A) a father,
    that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
    will be eaten by the vultures.(B)

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