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Proverbs 21:11
When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.
Proverbs 21:11 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 21:11 in other translations
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
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In context
8 The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.
9 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour.
11 When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.
12 The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.
13 He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself, and shall not be heard.
14 A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom, the greatest wrath.
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