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Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 1:22 in other translations
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
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In context
19 Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
20 Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
21 At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud,—at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter:—
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
23 Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
24 Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
25 But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
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