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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When the scorner
luwts (Hebrew #3887)
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Pronounce: loots
Origin: a primitive root
is punished
`anash (Hebrew #6064)
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict a penalty, specifically, to fine
KJV usage: amerce, condemn, punish, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-nash'
Origin: a primitive root
, the simple
pthiy (Hebrew #6612)
or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from 6601; silly (i.e. seducible)
KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Pronounce: peth-ee'
Origin: or pethiy {peh'-thee}
is made wise
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
: and when the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
is instructed
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, he receiveth
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the scorner.
Prov. 19:25• 25Smite a scorner, and the simple will become prudent;{HR}And reprove the intelligent, he will understand knowledge. (Prov. 19:25)
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Num. 16:34• 34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. (Num. 16:34)
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Deut. 13:11• 11{i}and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst.{/i} (Deut. 13:11)
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Deut. 21:21• 21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. (Deut. 21:21)
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Psa. 64:7‑9• 7But God shall shoot at them:{HR}[With] an arrow suddenly the wounds have been theirs.
8And they shall be made to stumble,{HR}Their own tongue against them;{HR}All that see them shall flee away.
9And every man shall fear,{HR}And shall declare God's doing,{HR}And his work they shall understand.
(Psa. 64:7‑9)
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Acts 5:5,11‑14• 5And Ananias hearing these words fell down and expired; and great fear came upon all the hearers,
11And great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all that heard these things.
12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all of one accord in the porch of Solomon.
13And of the rest durst no man join them; but the people magnified them;
14and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women:
(Acts 5:5,11‑14)
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1 Cor. 10:6‑11• 6But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, even as they also lusted.
7Neither be ye idolaters, even as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8Neither let us commit fornication, even as some of them committed, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
9Neither let us tempt the Lord, even as some of them tempted, and were perishing by the serpents.
10Neither murmur ye, according as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
11Now all these things happened unto them typically, and were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have reached.
(1 Cor. 10:6‑11)
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Heb. 2:1‑3• 1For this reason we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things heard, lest in any way we should be carried away.
2For if the word spoken by angels was made firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,
3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard,
(Heb. 2:1‑3)
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Heb. 10:28‑29• 28Anyone if he set at nought Moses' law dieth apart from mercy on two or three witnesses:
29of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy that trod down the Son of God, and counted common the blood of the covenant whereby he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
(Heb. 10:28‑29)
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Rev. 11:13• 13And in that hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and there were slain in the earthquake seven thousand names of men: and the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God of the heaven. (Rev. 11:13)
when the wise.
 When he who resists the truth is permitted to go unrebuked, it strengthens his position in the eyes of the ignorant. For this reason, we are told, “Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear” (1 Tim. 5:20). (Proverbs Twenty-One by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

W. Kelly Translation

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When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise;{HR}And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.