²² “How long, O ^(A)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^(B)scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools ^(C)hate knowledge?

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

^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.

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

²⁹ Condemnation is ready for ^(A)scoffers,
    and ^(B)beating for the backs of fools.