Proverbs 3:34
New International Version
Proverbs 3:34
International Standard Version
34 Though God[a] scoffs at scoffers,
he gives grace to the humble.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:34 Lit. he
Proverbs 9:7-8
New International Version
Proverbs 9:7-8
International Standard Version
Wisdom Extends Life
7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult,[a]
and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.
8 Don’t rebuke a mocker or he will hate you.
Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:7 Lit. insult to himself
Proverbs 9:12
New International Version
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
Proverbs 9:12
International Standard Version
12 If you are wise,
your wisdom will assist you.
If you mock,
you alone will be held responsible.
Proverbs 13:1
New International Version
13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)
Proverbs 13:1
International Standard Version
Who is a Wise Son?
13 A wise son heeds[a] a father’s correction,
but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:1 The Heb. lacks heeds
Proverbs 14:6
New International Version
6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)
Proverbs 14:6
International Standard Version
6 A mocker seeks wisdom and finds[a] none,
but learning comes easily to someone who understands.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:6 The Heb. lacks finds
Proverbs 15:12
New International Version
12 Mockers resent correction,(A)
so they avoid the wise.
Proverbs 15:12
International Standard Version
12 The arrogant mocker never loves the one who corrects him;
he will not inquire of[a] the wise.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:12 Lit. not go to
Proverbs 17:5
New International Version
Proverbs 17:5
International Standard Version
5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker,
and whoever is happy about disaster
will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 19:25
New International Version
Proverbs 19:25
International Standard Version
25 If you scourge a scoffer,
the simple person may learn to be discreet;
rebuke a discerning man
and he will gain understanding.
Proverbs 21:24
New International Version
24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
behaves with insolent fury.
Proverbs 21:24
International Standard Version
24 The names “Proud,” “Arrogant,” and “Mocker”
fit whoever acts with presumptuous conceit.
Proverbs 22:10
New International Version
10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.(A)
Proverbs 22:10
International Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:10 The Heb. lacks too
- Proverbs 22:10 Or litigation
Proverbs 24:9
New International Version
9 The schemes of folly are sin,
and people detest a mocker.
Proverbs 24:9
International Standard Version
9 To devise folly is sin,
and people detest a scoffer.
Proverbs 29:8
New International Version
8 Mockers stir up a city,
but the wise turn away anger.(A)
Proverbs 29:8
International Standard Version
8 Scornful men enflame a city,
but the wise defuse anger.
Proverbs 30:17
New International Version
Proverbs 30:17
International Standard Version
17 The eye that mocks a father
and looks with a disobedient attitude at[a] a mother—
the valley ravens will pluck it out;
and vultures will eat it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:17 Lit. and despises obedience to
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