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

34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
    but to the humble he shows favor.(A)

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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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General Maxims

Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;
    whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.(A)
Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
    rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(B)

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

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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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13 A wise child loves discipline,[a]
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.(A)

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  1. 13.1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father

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

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A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

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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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12 Scoffers do not like to be rebuked;
    they will not go to the wise.(A)

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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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Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
    those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.(A)

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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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25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.(A)

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

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24 The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer,
    acts with arrogant pride.(A)

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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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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.(A)

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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

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

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

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

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

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