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.
• New International Version (NIV)When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get 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.

Context of Proverbs 21:11

9It is better to live on a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. 10A wicked soul craves evil— his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. When a mocker is punished, the naïve become wise. When a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge. 12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, throwing the wicked down to their ruin. 13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but 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 19:25Strike a scoffer and the naïve will learn caution. rebuke a discerning person and he will gain knowledge.
• Numbers 16:34All Israel around them fled at their outcry, for they shouted, “Perhaps the earth will swallow us!”
• Deuteronomy 13:11You are to stone him with stones to death because he tried to entice you away from Adonai your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city are to stone him with stones to death. So you will purge the evil from your midst—and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
• Psalms 64:7They are plotting injustices: “We have completed a perfect plot!” A man’s inward part and heart are deep.
• Acts 5:5As soon as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and died. Great fear came upon all who heard about it.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things happened as examples for us, so we wouldn’t crave evil things, just as they did.
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason it is necessary for us to pay especially close attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
• Revelation 11:13At that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
• Proverbs 1:5(let the wise listen and increase learning and the discerning obtain wise counsel)
• Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still. Teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
• Proverbs 15:14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
• Proverbs 18:1One who isolates oneself seeks his own desire; he defies all sound judgment.

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