Proverbs 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.