Proverbs 1:22

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

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  • Prov 5:12 : 12 You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!'
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of mockers.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
  • Prov 3:34 : 34 He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.'
  • Exod 16:28 : 28 Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and instructions?
  • Num 14:27 : 27 How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, who are murmuring against me.
  • Job 34:7 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
  • Prov 6:9 : 9 How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says: 5 Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed. 6 Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says: 17 Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious. 18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  • Prov 21:11 : 11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wise; when a wise person is instructed, they increase in knowledge.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered, 'O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.'
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • Luke 19:42 : 42 He said, 'If you had known on this day, even you, the things that would bring you peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.'
  • John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 First of all, you should understand that in the last days, mockers will come, following their own evil desires,
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come, and let the one who desires take the water of life freely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:23
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    23If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Understand prudence, you simple ones; and you fools, gain a discerning heart.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.

    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 9:4
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    4"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will gain wisdom; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wise; when a wise person is instructed, they increase in knowledge.

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

    5Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,

    6To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 1:21
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    21At the head of the noisy streets, she calls out; at the city gates, she makes her speech.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Leave your simple ways and live; 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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    1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is senseless.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

  • Jer 4:22
    72%

    22For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Prov 1:29
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    29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

  • Prov 15:12
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    12A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.

  • Prov 9:13
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    13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

  • Prov 5:12
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    12You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!'

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the meaning of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

  • Prov 24:9
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    9The plans of foolishness are sinful, and the mocker is detestable to others.

  • Prov 7:7
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    7And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

  • Prov 1:25
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    25And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction,

  • 1 Cor 1:20
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    20Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

  • Prov 10:14
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    14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings about ruin.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 14:15
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    15The simple believe everything, but the prudent carefully consider their steps.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wise will inherit honor, but fools get only shame.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Eccl 1:18
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    18For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.