Proverbs 21:11

Proverbs 21:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise; if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

Context of Proverbs 21:11

9Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. 10The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them. When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge. 12The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin. 13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

Proverbs 21:11 word by word

בַּעְנָשׁ־לֵ֭ץ יֶחְכַּם־פֶּ֑תִי וּבְהַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְ֝חָכָ֗ם יִקַּח־דָּֽעַת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When the scornerלִיץlûts · to mockH3887
• is punishedעָנַשׁ‛ânash · to fineH6064
• the simpleפֶּ֫תִיpethîy pethîy pethâ'îy · simpleH6612
• is made wiseחָכַםchâkam · be wiseH2449
• and when the wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• is instructedשָׂכַלώâkal · be prudentH7919
• he receivethלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:11

• Proverbs 19:25Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
• Numbers 16:34At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”
• Deuteronomy 13:11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.
• Deuteronomy 21:21Then 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.
• Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.
• Acts 5:5When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
• Hebrews 2:1We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Revelation 11:13At 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.
• Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—
• Proverbs 9:9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
• Proverbs 15:14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
• Proverbs 18:1An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

Commentaries on Proverbs 21:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11When the scorner is punished - When those who mock at religion, blaspheme against its Author, and endeavor to poison society, and disturb the peace of the community by their false doctrine, meet with that degree of punishment which their crimes, as far as they affect the public peace, deserve; then the simple, who were either led away, or in danger of being led away, by their pernicious doctrines, are made wise. And when those thus made wise are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11Verse 11 The simple may be made wise by punishments on the wicked, and by instructions to those who are willing to be taught.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The simple-minded learn when they see a mocker punished (see Proverbs 1:22; 19:25). The wise do not need punishment threats because they already seek wisdom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Compare Pr 19:25). That which the simple learn by the terrors of punishment, the wise learn by teaching.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 21:11

• Punishment
• Reproof
• Scoffing
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Mind
• Ponder
• Toss
• Forfeit
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Teach; Teacher; Teaching

Commentaries on Proverbs 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings