Proverbs 21:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 18:15

An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.

Acts 5:5

Now when Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard of it.

Proverbs 18:1

The one who lives alone is self-indulgent, showing contempt for all sound judgment.

Revelation 11:13

At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Proverbs 15:14

The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,

Deuteronomy 21:21

Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Deuteronomy 13:11

Then all Israel shall hear and be afraid and never again do any such wickedness.

Numbers 16:34

All Israel around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth will swallow us, too!”

Proverbs 9:7

Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.