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

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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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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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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 yourself;
    if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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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 hears his father’s instruction,
    but a scoffer does not 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 scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for a man of 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 A scoffer does not like to be reproved;
    he will not go to 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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He who mocks the poor insults his Maker;
    he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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

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

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

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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 scoffer, and strife will go out,
    and quarreling and abuse will cease.

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

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

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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

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

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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 scorns to obey a mother
will be picked out by the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

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