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34 Though (A)He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet (B)He gives grace to the humble.

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34 He mocks those who mock,
but gives grace to the humble.(A)

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He who (A)disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
(B)Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
(C)Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

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The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.[a]
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;(A)
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:7 Lit man his blemish

12 If you are wise, you are wise (A)for yourself,
And if you (B)scoff, you alone will bear it.

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12 If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;(A)
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

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13 A (A)wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a (B)scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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13 A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,
but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.

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A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

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A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

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12 A (A)scoffer does not love one who reproves him,
He will not go to the wise.

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12 A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;(A)
he will not consult the wise.

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He who mocks the (A)poor reproaches his Maker;
He who is (B)glad at disaster will not go unpunished.

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The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(B)

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25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent,
But (B)reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge.

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25 Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;(A)
rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.(B)

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24 “Arrogant,” “Haughty,” “(A)Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with (B)arrogant fury.

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24 The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride.(A)

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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.

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10 Drive out a mocker,(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.(B)

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The (A)scheming of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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A foolish scheme is sin,
and a mocker is detestable to people.

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Scoffers [a](A)set a city aflame,
But (B)wise men turn away anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:8 Lit breathe out

Mockers inflame a city,(A)
but the wise turn away anger.

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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
And (B)despises obedience to a mother,
The (C)ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young (D)eagles will eat it.

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17 As for the eye that ridicules a father(A)
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.(B)

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