the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 21:11
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If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise; if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
If you punish those who make fun of wisdom, a foolish person may gain some wisdom. But if you teach the wise, they will get knowledge.
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom; When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
When the scoffer is punished, the naive [observes the lesson and] becomes wise; But when the wise and teachable person is instructed, he receives knowledge.
When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
Whanne a man ful of pestilence is punyschid, a litil man of wit schal be the wisere; and if he sueth a wijs man, he schal take kunnyng.
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
An ignorant fool learns by seeing others punished; a sensible person learns by being instructed.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.
When a scorner is punished, the simple become wiser; and when the wise is instructed, he takes hold of knowledge.
When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When you punish a proud person who laughs at what is right, even fools will learn something. But a little instruction is enough for the wise to learn what they should.
When the scorner is punished, the thoughtless is made wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiueth knowledge.
When the man who laughs at the truth is punished, the fool becomes wise. When a wise man is taught, he gets much learning.
When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.
When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.
When a wicked man suffers harm, even the simple become wise; but a wise man receives knowledge through his own counsel.
When someone who is conceited gets his punishment, even an unthinking person learns a lesson. One who is wise will learn from what he is taught.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple, becometh wise, when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.
When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
When the scornefull is punished, the ignoraunt take the better heede: and when the wyse is instructed, he wyll receaue vnderstanding.
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.
When a mocker is punished,the inexperienced become wiser;when one teaches a wise man,he acquires knowledge.
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom; When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.
The simple is made wise when the scorner is punished, and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.
When the scornefull is punyshed, the ignoraunt take ye better hede: & when a wyse man is warned, he wil receaue the more vnderstondinge.
Simpletons only learn the hard way, but the wise learn by listening.
When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;And when one considers wisdom, he receives knowledge.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the scorner: Proverbs 19:25, Numbers 16:34, Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 21:21, Psalms 64:7-9, Acts 5:5, Acts 5:11-14, 1 Corinthians 10:6-11, Hebrews 2:1-3, Hebrews 10:28, Hebrews 10:29, Revelation 11:13
when the wise: Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 15:14, Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 18:15
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 17:12 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 19:20 - General Proverbs 1:22 - the scorners
Cross-References
Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!"
The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.
So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.
The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, "My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!"
"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When the scorner is punished,.... Either by the immediate hand of God, or by the civil magistrate; he who scoffs at Deity, blasphemes the most High, mocks at all religion, despises dominion, and speaks evil of dignities:
the simple is made wise; who is weak and foolish, easily persuaded and drawn into sin, yet not hardened in it, but open to reproof and conviction; he takes notice of the punishment of scorners, and takes warning from it, and behaves more wisely and cautiously for the future; see Proverbs 19:25;
and when the wise is instructed; by others, superior to him in wisdom; by the ministers of the Gospel, by reading and hearing the word of God, and the writings of good men; or by corrections and chastisements:
he receiveth knowledge; the wise man receives it, he attends to the instruction given him, and improves in knowledge: or rather the simple man gains knowledge by the instructions given to wise men; he learns by them, as well as by what he is taught himself. It is by some rendered, "when the wise prospers, he receiveth knowledge" x the simple man learns much both from the adversity and prosperity of others; and to this sense is the note of Gersom,
"when he sees how the ways of a wise man prosper, then he studies to get knowledge.''
x So Munster, and some in Mercer.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 21:11. When the scorner is punished — When those who mock at religion, blaspheme against its Author, and endeavour to poison society, and disturb the peace of the community by their false doctrine, meet with that degree of punishment which their crimes, as far as they affect the public peace, deserve; then the simple, who were either led away, or in danger of being led away, by their pernicious doctrines, are made wise. And when those thus made wise are instructed in the important truths which have been decried by those unprincipled men, then they receive knowledge; and one such public example is made a blessing to thousands. But only blasphemy against God and the Bible should be thus punished. Private opinion the state should not meddle with.
