⁷ “If you ·correct [instruct; discipline] ·someone who makes fun of wisdom [a mocker], you will be insulted.
    If you correct an evil person, you will ·get hurt [^Lbe blemished].
⁸ Do not correct ·those who make fun of wisdom [mockers], or they will hate you.
    But correct the wise, and they will love you.

⁶ ·Those who make fun of wisdom look for it [Mockers seek wisdom] and do not find it,
but knowledge comes ·easily [or quickly] to those with understanding.

¹² ·Those who make fun of wisdom [^LMockers] don’t like to be corrected;
they will not ·ask the wise for advice [^Lgo to the wise].

²⁵ ·Whip those who make fun of wisdom [^LHit/Strike a mocker], and perhaps ·foolish [naive; immature; simpleminded] people will gain some ·wisdom [prudence].
Correct those with understanding, and they will gain knowledge.

²⁹ ·People who make fun of wisdom will be punished [^LPunishments were made for mockers],
and ·the backs of foolish people will be beaten [^Lblows for the backs of fools].

¹¹ If you punish ·those who make fun of wisdom [mockers], a ·foolish [immature; naive; simpleminded] person may gain some wisdom.
But if you teach the wise, they will get knowledge.

²⁴ People who act with stubborn pride
are called “proud,” “bragger,” and “mocker.”

¹⁰ ·Get rid of [Banish; Drive out] the ·one who makes fun of wisdom [mocker].
Then ·fighting [conflict], ·quarrels [judgments], and ·insults [shame] will stop.