Bible verse
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
Proverbs 21:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 21.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
13 Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
KJV
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
ASV
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
ERV
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
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