When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.

亵慢的人受刑罚，愚蒙的人就得智慧；智慧人受训诲，便得知识。

傲慢人受惩罚，愚蒙人可得智慧；智慧人受训诲，便得知识。

傲慢人受惩罚，愚蒙人可得智慧；智慧人受训诲，便得知识。

惩罚嘲讽者，愚人得智慧；训诫智者，他便长见识。

好讥笑人的受刑罚的时候，愚蒙人就得着智慧；智慧人受训诲的时候，他就得着知识。

讥讽者受惩罚时，无知人就得智慧；智慧人受训诲时，自己就得到知识。

褻慢的人受刑罰，愚蒙的人就得智慧；智慧人受訓誨，便得知識。

傲慢人受懲罰，愚蒙人可得智慧；智慧人受訓誨，便得知識。

傲慢人受懲罰，愚蒙人可得智慧；智慧人受訓誨，便得知識。

懲罰嘲諷者，愚人得智慧；訓誡智者，他便長見識。

好譏笑人的受刑罰的時候，愚蒙人就得著智慧；智慧人受訓誨的時候，他就得著知識。

褻慢人受罰，愚直人就得智慧；智慧人受訓，他就得到知識。

譏諷者受懲罰時，無知人就得智慧；智慧人受訓誨時，自己就得到知識。

侮慢者受刑、則拙人為睿、智慧者受訓、則知識愈增、

擊侮慢、則愚人知警、諫明哲、使進於道。

侮慢者受撲、則愚者知警、智慧人蒙訓、必增其知識、

When you punish someone who makes fun of others, childish people get wise. By paying attention to wise people, the childish get knowledge.

When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise; if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

When a mocker is punished, the inexperienced become wiser; when one teaches a wise man, he acquires 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 is made wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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

When a mocker is punished, the inexperienced become wiser; when one teaches a wise man, he acquires knowledge.

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

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

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

Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written:“ The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did— and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.We should not test Christ, as some of them did— and were killed by snakes.And do not grumble, as some of them did— and were killed by the destroying angel.These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out.

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.

Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.

let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people.Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.

Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.

An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting,“ The earth is going to swallow us too!”