Proverbs 21:11
When a scoffer is punished, a simple man is made wise, and when a wise man is instructed, he receives knowledge.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10The soul of a wicked man desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
12A righteous man considers the house of the wicked: the wicked are overthrown to ruin.
Cross References
Numbers 16:34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
Deuteronomy 21:21And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So thou shall put away the evil from the midst of thee, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Proverbs 1:5that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,
Proverbs 15:14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
Proverbs 18:15The heart of a prudent man gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Acts 5:5And Ananias hearing these words, after falling down he expired. And great fear developed in all who heard these things.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:11
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. See here the character of a very wicked man. 1. The strong inclination he has to do mischief. His very soul desires evil, desires that evil may be done and that he may have the pleasure, not only of seeing it, but of having a hand in it. The root of wickedness lies in the soul; the desire that men have to do evil, that is the lust which conceives and brings forth sin. 2. The strong aversion he has to do good: His neighbour, his… Read the whole commentary →