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Proverbs 1:22

American Standard Version

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

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Proverbs 1:22 in other translations

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery,
and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:22 · World English Bible

Proverbs 1:22 in context

  1. 20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
  2. 21She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
  3. 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
  4. 23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
  5. 24Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;