²² “How long, O ^[a](A)naive ones, will you love ^[b]being simple-minded?
And ^(B)scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools ^(C)hate knowledge?

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

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

^25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the ^[a]naive may become shrewd,
But ^(B)reprove one who has understanding and he will ^[b]gain knowledge.

^29 [a]Judgments are prepared for ^(A)scoffers,
And ^(B)blows for the back of fools.

¹¹ When the ^(A)scoffer is punished, the ^[a]naive becomes wise;
But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

²⁴ “Proud,” “Haughty,” “^(A)Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with ^(B)insolent pride.