Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.

The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

A proud and arrogant person, whose name is “Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.

(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;

“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?