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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 The Lord mocks the mockers
    but is gracious to the humble.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:34 Greek version reads The Lord opposes the proud / but gives grace to the humble. Compare Jas 4:6; 1 Pet 5:5.

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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Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
    Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
So don’t bother correcting mockers;
    they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
    and they will love you.

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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 become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
    If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.

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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 child accepts a parent’s discipline;[a]
    a mocker refuses to listen to correction.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:1 Hebrew A wise son accepts his father’s discipline.

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 never finds it,
    but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

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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 Mockers hate to be corrected,
    so they stay away from 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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Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
    those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

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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 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;
    if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

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

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24 Mockers are proud and haughty;
    they act with boundless arrogance.

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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 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
    Quarrels and insults will disappear.

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

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The schemes of a fool are sinful;
    everyone detests a mocker.

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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 can get a whole town agitated,
    but the wise will calm 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 The eye that mocks a father
    and despises a mother’s instructions
will be plucked out by ravens of the valley
    and eaten by vultures.

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