King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 21:11
“When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 21
9
[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
11
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
12
The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.
13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.