Proverbs 1:22 NLT
How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
The mocker ridicules knowledge
and disregards experience.
Proverbs 14:6 NLT
A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
A mocker believes he knows it all
Proverbs 21:24 NLT
Mockers are proud and haughty; they act with boundless arrogance.
A mocker refuses the help of the wise
Proverbs 15:12 NLT
Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from the wise.
Proverbs 9:7-8 NLT
Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt. So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
A mocker invites pain and suffering into his life
Proverbs 9:12 NET
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.
Proverbs 19:29 NLT
Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.
A mocker instigates contention and drama
Proverbs 29:8 NLT
Mockers can get a whole town agitated, but the wise will calm anger.
Proverbs 22:10 NIV
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.