Proverbs 1:22
English Standard Version
22 “How long, O (A)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will (B)scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools (C)hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
New Living Translation
22 “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:34 Or grace
Proverbs 3:34
New Living Translation
34 The Lord mocks the mockers
but is gracious to the humble.[a]
Proverbs 9:7-8
English Standard Version
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 (A)Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
(B)reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:7-8
New Living Translation
7 Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
Proverbs 14:6
English Standard Version
Proverbs 14:6
New Living Translation
6 A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it,
but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
Proverbs 15:12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 15:12
New Living Translation
12 Mockers hate to be corrected,
so they stay away from the wise.
Proverbs 19:25
English Standard Version
25 (A)Strike (B)a scoffer, and the simple will (C)learn prudence;
(D)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs 19:25
New Living Translation
25 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;
if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
Proverbs 19:29
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:29
New Living Translation
29 Punishment is made for mockers,
and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.
Proverbs 21:11
English Standard Version
11 When (A)a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
Proverbs 21:11
New Living Translation
11 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise;
if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
Proverbs 21:24
English Standard Version
24 (A)“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.
Proverbs 21:24
New Living Translation
24 Mockers are proud and haughty;
they act with boundless arrogance.
Proverbs 22:10
English Standard Version
Proverbs 22:10
New Living Translation
10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.
Proverbs 24:9
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming
Proverbs 24:9
New Living Translation
9 The schemes of a fool are sinful;
everyone detests a mocker.
Proverbs 29:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8
New Living Translation
8 Mockers can get a whole town agitated,
but the wise will calm anger.
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