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Proverbs 1:22

22
“How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity?
And scoffers delight in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 3:34

34
Though He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet He gives grace to the humble.

Proverbs 9:7 - 9:8


7
He who disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
8
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

Proverbs 14:6

6
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

Proverbs 15:12

12
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,
He will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 19:25

25
Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent,
But reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 19:29

29
Judgments are established for scoffers,
And beatings for the back of fools.

Proverbs 21:11

11
When the scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
And when one considers wisdom, he receives knowledge.

Proverbs 21:24

24
“Arrogant,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with arrogant fury.

Proverbs 22:10

10
Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.

Proverbs 24:9

9
The scheming of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Proverbs 29:8

8
Scoffers set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away anger.