Pro_21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Ver. 11. When the scorner is punished, &c.] {See Trapp on "Pro_19:25"}
And when the wise is instructed.] Or, When he accurately considers the wise, and observes both their integrity and their prosperity, by God’s blessing thereupon (for the word imports both), he resolves to play the wise man.