Proverbs 1:22

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
  • Prov 3:34 : 34 Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 16:28 : 28 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
  • Num 14:27 : 27 How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
  • Job 34:7 : 7 What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
  • Prov 6:9 : 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
  • Prov 21:11 : 11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 But go ye and learn what [this] meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
  • Luke 19:42 : 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

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  • Prov 1:23
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    23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 9:4
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    4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

  • Prov 1:4-7
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    4To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

    5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

    6To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

    7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

  • Prov 1:21
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    21She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 12:1
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    1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

  • Jer 4:22
    72%

    22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 1:29
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    29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

  • Prov 15:12
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    12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

  • Prov 9:13
    72%

    13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

  • Prov 5:12
    72%

    12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

  • Eccl 7:25
    71%

    25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Prov 24:9
    71%

    9The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

  • Prov 1:25
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    25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

  • 1 Cor 1:20
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    20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Prov 14:15
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    15The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Eccl 1:18
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    18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.