(NIV)
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
Whoever
corrects a
scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who
reproves a
wicked man
incurs injury.
(NIV)
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
Do
not reprove a
scoffer,
or he will
hate you;
reprove a
wise man, and he will
love you.
(NIV)
A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.
A
wise son hears his
father’s instruction,
but a
scoffer does
not listen to
rebuke.
(NIV)
The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
A
scoffer seeks wisdom in
vain,
but
knowledge is
easy for a man of
understanding.
(NIV)
Mockers resent correction,
so they avoid the wise.
A
scoffer does
not like to be
reproved;
he will
not go to the
wise.
(NIV)
Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
Strike a
scoffer, and the
simple will
learn prudence;
reprove a man of
understanding, and he will
gain knowledge.
(NIV)
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.
When a
scoffer is
punished, the
simple becomes
wise;
when a
wise man is
instructed, he
gains knowledge.
(NIV)
The proud and arrogant person – ‘Mocker’ is his name –
behaves with insolent fury.
“
Scoffer” is the
name of the
arrogant,
haughty man
who
acts with
arrogant pride.
(NIV)
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.
Drive
out a
scoffer and
strife will
go out,
and
quarreling and
abuse will
cease.
(NIV)
The schemes of folly are sin,
and people detest a mocker.
The
devising of
folly is
sin,
and the
scoffer is an
abomination to
mankind.
(NIV)
The ruthless will vanish,
the mockers will disappear,
and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down –
For the
ruthless shall come to
nothing and the
scoffer cease,
and
all who
watch to do
evil shall be
cut off,
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