²² O ye ^[a]foolish, how long will ye love foolishness? and the scornful take their pleasure in scorning? and the fools hate knowledge?

³⁴ With the scornful ^[a]he scorneth, but he giveth grace unto the humble.

⁷ He that reproveth a scorner, purchaseth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himself a ^[a]blot.

⁸ Rebuke not a ^[b]scorner, lest he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

^6 [a]A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that will understand.

¹² A scorner loveth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he go unto the wise.

^25 (A)Smite a scorner, and the ^[a]foolish will beware: and reprove the prudent, and he will understand knowledge.

²⁹ But judgments are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the back of the fools.

^11 [a]When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise, and when one instructeth the wise, he will receive knowledge.

²⁴ Proud, haughty, and scornful is his name that worketh in his arrogancy wrath.

¹⁰ Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproach shall cease.