Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34
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34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he shows favor.
Proverbs 9:7-8
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General Maxims
7 He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
Proverbs 15:12
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12 A scoffer does not like to be reproved;
he will not go to the wise.
Proverbs 19:25
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25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs 19:29
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29 Condemnation is ready for scoffers,
and flogging for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 21:11
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11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
Proverbs 21:24
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24 “Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.
Proverbs 22:10
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Proverbs 24:9
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9 The devising of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 29:8
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8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
but wise men turn away wrath.
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