11When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.


In Context

8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Proverbs 21:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:11When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.