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A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him; he will not consult the wise.
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American Standard Version
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
English Standard Version
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
New American Standard Bible
A scoffer does not love one who rebukes him; He will not go to the wise.
New International Version
Mockers resent correction, so they avoid the wise.
New King James Version
A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he go to the wise.
New Living Translation
Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from the wise.
World English Bible
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.