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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?

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22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
And scoffers delight them in scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge?

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34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
    but to the humble he shows favor.

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34 [a]Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers;
[b]But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:34 Or, Though
  2. Proverbs 3:34 Or, Yet

General Maxims

He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
    and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
    reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

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A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

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12 A scoffer does not like to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

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12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.

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25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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29 Condemnation is ready for scoffers,
    and flogging for the backs of fools.

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29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And stripes for the back of fools.

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11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
    when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

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11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise;
And [a]when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:11 Or, when one considereth the wise

24 “Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man
    who acts with arrogant pride.

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24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;
He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
    and quarreling and abuse will cease.

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10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

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The devising of folly is sin,
    and the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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The thought of foolishness is sin;
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but wise men turn away wrath.

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Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.

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