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.

12  ^sIf you are wise, you are wise for yourself;

if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

1  A wise son hears his father’s instruction,

but ^qa scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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.

5  Whoever mocks the poor ^rinsults his Maker;

he who is ^sglad at calamity will not go ^tunpunished.

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

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

17  The eye that ⁿmocks a father

and ^oscorns to obey a mother

will ^pbe picked out by ^qthe ravens of the valley

and eaten by the vultures.