22  “How long, O ^asimple ones, will you love being simple?

How long will ^bscoffers delight in their scoffing

and fools ^chate knowledge?

34  Toward the ^cscorners he ^dis scornful,

^ebut to the humble he gives favor.¹

7  Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,

and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

8  ^lDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;

^mreprove a wise man, and he will love you.

6  ⁿA scoffer seeks wisdom ^oin vain,

but ^pknowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

12  ^uA scoffer ^vdoes not like to be reproved;

he will not go to the wise.

25  ^qStrike ^ra scoffer, and the simple will ^slearn prudence;

^treprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

29  Condemnation is ready for ^rscoffers,

and ^xbeating for the backs of fools.

11  When ^oa scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;

when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

24  ^f“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man

who acts with arrogant pride.

10  ^cDrive out a scoffer, ^dand strife will go out,

and ^equarreling and abuse will cease.

9  ^gThe devising¹ of folly is sin,

and ^hthe scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

8  ^oScoffers set a city aflame,

but the wise turn away wrath.