Proverbs 1:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 “How long, O (A)simple ones, will you love simplicity?
And (B)scoffers delight in scoffing
And [a]fools (C)hate knowledge?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:22 One who fails in wisdom due to willful sin
Proverbs 1:22
American Standard Version
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
And scoffers delight them in scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 3:34
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:34 Or, Though
- Proverbs 3:34 Or, Yet
Proverbs 9:7-8
Legacy Standard Bible
7 He who (A)disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
8 (B)Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
(C)Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:7-8
American Standard Version
7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 14:6
Legacy Standard Bible
6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.
Proverbs 14:6
American Standard Version
6 A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Proverbs 15:12
Legacy Standard Bible
12 A (A)scoffer does not love one who reproves him,
He will not go to the wise.
Proverbs 15:12
American Standard Version
12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.
Proverbs 19:25
Legacy Standard Bible
25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent,
But (B)reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:25
American Standard Version
25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:29
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:29 Gr Rods
Proverbs 19:29
American Standard Version
29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 21:11
Legacy Standard Bible
11 When the (A)scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
And when one considers wisdom, he receives knowledge.
Proverbs 21:11
American Standard Version
11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise;
And [a]when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:11 Or, when one considereth the wise
Proverbs 21:24
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 21:24
American Standard Version
24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;
He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
Proverbs 22:10
Legacy Standard Bible
10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.
Proverbs 22:10
American Standard Version
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
Proverbs 24:9
Legacy Standard Bible
9 The (A)scheming of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 24:9
American Standard Version
9 The thought of foolishness is sin;
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 29:8
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:8 Lit breathe out
Proverbs 29:8
American Standard Version
8 Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.
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