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

³⁴ Toward the scorners he is scornful,
    but to the humble he shows favor.^(A)

⁷ Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;
    whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.^(A)
8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
    rebuke the wise, and he will love you.^(B)

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

¹² Scoffers do not like to be rebuked;
    they will not go to the wise.^(A)

²⁵ Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.^(A)

²⁹ Punishments are prepared for scoffers
    and flogging for the backs of fools.^(A)

¹¹ When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser;
    when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.^(A)

²⁴ The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer,
    acts with arrogant pride.^(A)

¹⁰ Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.^(A)