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Proverbs 26:3
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
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Proverbs 10:13
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
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Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
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Acts 13:40-41
Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:‘ Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’”
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Hebrews 12:6
for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
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Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
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2 Peter 3 3-2 Peter 3 7
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lustsand saying,“ Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”For this they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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Proverbs 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
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Proverbs 7:22
He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
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Isaiah 29:20
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
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Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.
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Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.