Proverbs 21:11 (WEB)
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Fathers and councils · 2
Leo the Great
“…from the more docile spirits: for “evil conversations corrupt good manners,” and “the wise man will be sharper than the pestilent person who is chastised;” in order that in whatever way the society of the wicked is broken up, some vessels may be snatched from the devil’s hand?” — editor's note: Prov. xxi. 11, LXX
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Clement of Alexandria
“And the Scripture has expressly said, “The innocent will become wiser by understanding, and the wise will receive knowledge.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxi. 11.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.20.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.20.
Cited together in Letters Letter 104.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.20.