A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him (Proverbs 9:8; Amos 5:10). For "scorner" the Vulgate has pestilens, and the Septuagint ἀπαίδευτος, "undisciplined." "Scorners" are spoken of elsewhere, as Proverbs 1:22 (where see note); they are conceited, arrogant persons, free-thinkers, indifferent to or sceptical of religion, and too self-opinionated to be open to advice or reproof. Neither will he go unto the wise, who would correct and teach him (Proverbs 13:20). Septuagint, "He will not converse ( ὁμιλήσει) with the wise." He does not believe the maxim—
σοφοῦ παρ ἀνδρὸς χρὴ σοφόν τι μανθάνειν.
"From a wise man you must some wisdom learn."
A Latin adage runs—
"Argue consultum, te diliget: argue stultum
Avertet vultum, nec te dimittet iuultum."