Proverbs 21:11 (BSB)

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:11

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:11: This we had before (Pro 19:25), and it shows that there are two ways by which the simple may be made wise: - 1. By the punishments that are inflicted on those that are incorrigibly wicked. Let the law be executed upon a scorner, and even he that is simple will be awakened and alarmed by it, and will discern, more than he did, the...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:11: When the scorner is punished,.... Either by the immediate hand of God, or by the civil magistrate; he who scoffs at Deity, blasphemes the most High, mocks at all religion, despises dominion, and speaks evil of dignities: the simple is made wise; who is weak and foolish, easily persuaded and drawn into sin, yet not hardened in it, but open to reproof and conviction; he...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:11: (Compare Pro 19:25). That which the simple learn by the terrors of punishment, the wise learn by teaching.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 21:11: When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. (e) Read .