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22 “How long will you gullible[a] people love being gullible?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing?
How long will fools hate knowledge?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:22 Or naïve

34 Although he scorns the scornful,
he gives grace to the humble.

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Lady Wisdom’s Proverbs

Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults,
and whoever warns a wicked person invites abuse.
Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you.
Warn a wise person, and he will love you.

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A scoffer seeks wisdom yet finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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12 A scoffer does not love anyone who corrects him.
He will not go to wise people.

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25 Strike a scoffer, and an undisciplined[a] person may learn caution.
Warn a person with understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:25 Or inexperienced

29 Punishments have been prepared for scoffers
and beatings for the backs of fools.

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11 When a scoffer is punished, an undisciplined person becomes wise,
and when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

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24 The contemptuous, insolent person—“Scoffer” is his name—
    behaves with overflowing arrogance.

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10 Drive away a scoffer, and conflict leaves.
Quarrels and insults cease.

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A foolish scheme is a sin,
and a mocker is disgusting to people.

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Scoffers stir up a city,
but wise people turn away anger.

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