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34 Surely he mocks the mockers,
    but he gives grace to the humble.

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34 Toward the (A)scorners he (B)is scornful,
    (C)but to the humble he gives favor.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:34 Or grace

One who corrects a mocker invites insult.
    One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
    Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

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

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12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.
    If you mock, you alone will bear it.

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

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13 A wise son listens to his father’s instruction,
    but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

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13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but (A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
    but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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

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12 A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

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

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Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker.
    He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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Whoever mocks the poor (A)insults his Maker;
    he who is (B)glad at calamity will not go (C)unpunished.

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25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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25 (A)Strike (B)a scoffer, and the simple will (C)learn prudence;
    (D)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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24 The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name—
    he works in the arrogance of pride.

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

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10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
    yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

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10 (A)Drive out a scoffer, (B)and strife will go out,
    and (C)quarreling and abuse will cease.

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The schemes of folly are sin.
    The mocker is detested by men.

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(A)The devising[a] of folly is sin,
    and (B)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming

Mockers stir up a city,
    but wise men turn away anger.

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(A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.

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17 “The eye that mocks at his father,
    and scorns obedience to his mother:
    the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
    the young eagles shall eat it.

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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
    and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

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