Proverbs 1:22
Revised Standard Version
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
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
Revised Standard Version
34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he shows favor.
Proverbs 3:34
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:34 Or, Though
- Proverbs 3:34 Or, Yet
Proverbs 9:7-8
Revised Standard Version
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 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
Revised Standard Version
6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
but knowledge is easy for a man of 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
Revised Standard Version
12 A scoffer does not like to be reproved;
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
Revised Standard Version
25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain 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
Revised Standard Version
29 Condemnation is ready for scoffers,
and flogging for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 19:29
American Standard Version
29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 21:11
Revised Standard Version
11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
when a wise man is instructed, he gains 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
Revised Standard Version
24 “Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.
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
Revised Standard Version
10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse 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
Revised Standard Version
9 The devising 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
Revised Standard Version
8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
but wise men turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8
American Standard Version
8 Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.
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