Proverbs 1:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?

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  • Prov 5:12 : 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly: nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,
  • Prov 3:34 : 34 As for the scornfull, doth he not laugh them to scorne? but he geueth grace vnto the lowly.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And so Moyses and Aaron came vnto Pharao, and said vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lord God of the Hebrues: How long wilt thou refuse to submit thy selfe vnto me? Let my people go, that they may serue me.
  • Exod 16:28 : 28 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Howe long refuse ye to kepe my commaundementes and my lawes?
  • Num 14:27 : 27 Howe long doth this euyll multitude murmure agaynst me? I haue hearde the murmuringes of the children of Israel with the whiche they murmure agaynst me.
  • Job 34:7 : 7 Where is there such a one as Iob, that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water?
  • Prov 6:9 : 9 Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt,
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said, 5 O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you. 6 Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith, 17 Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste. 18 And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.
  • Prov 21:11 : 11 When the scornefull is punished, the ignoraunt take the better heede: and when the wyse is instructed, he wyll receaue vnderstanding.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 Go ye, and learne what that meaneth, I wyll haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come, to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce.
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules. 30 For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Iesus aunswered and sayde: O faythlesse and croked nation, howe long shall I be with you? howe long shal I suffer you? bryng hym hyther to me.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that kyllest the prophetes, and stonest them which are sent vnto thee: Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together, euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not?
  • Luke 19:42 : 42 Saying: If thou haddest knowen those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace, euen in this thy day: But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 This first vnderstande, that there shall come in the laste dayes mockers, whiche wyll walke after their owne lustes,
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the spirite and the bride say, come. And let hym that heareth, say also, come. And let hym that is a thirst, come. And let whosoeuer wyll, take of the water of lyfe, freely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 23O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.

  • 5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

  • 16Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.

    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • 4Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,

  • 25If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser.

  • 11When the scornefull is punished, the ignoraunt take the better heede: and when the wyse is instructed, he wyll receaue vnderstanding.

  • Prov 1:4-7
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    4To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.

    5The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

    6To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.

    7The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.

  • 32For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

  • 21She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying:

  • 6Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.

  • 18The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.

  • 1Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.

  • 8Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?

  • 14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • 22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

  • 2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • 22Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them, because my people is become foolishe, and hath not knowen me: they are the children of foolishnesse, and without any discretion: To do euyll, they haue wit inough: but to do well, they haue no wisdome.

  • 23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • 29And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,

  • 12A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.

  • 13A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,

  • 12Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?

  • 25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

  • 9The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne: and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men.

  • 7And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt,

  • 25But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught:

  • 20Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse?

  • 14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • 3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • 29Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.

  • 16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • 16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • 5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • 24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • 33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • 2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • 15An ignorant body beleueth euery worde: but who so hath vnderstanding, loketh well to his goynges.

  • 35The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.

  • 21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • 18For where much wisdome is, there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse: and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.

  • 24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • 9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • 5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.