Proverbs 1:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?

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  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that doeth not walke in the counsell of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in ye seate of the scornefull:
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
  • Prov 3:34 : 34 With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 Then came Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and they said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Ebrewes, Howe long wilt thou refuse to humble thy selfe before me? Let my people goe, that they may serue me.
  • Exod 16:28 : 28 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Howe long refuse yee to keepe my commaundementes, and my lawes?
  • Num 14:27 : 27 How long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmure against me? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against me.
  • Job 34:7 : 7 What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?
  • Prov 6:9 : 9 Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth, 5 Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen. 6 Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also, 17 Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.
  • Prov 21:11 : 11 When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 But goe yee and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules. 30 For my yoke is easie, & my burden light.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Iesus answered, and said, O generation faithlesse, and crooked, how long now shall I be with you! Howe long nowe shall I suffer you! Bring him hither to me.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee, how often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her chickins vnder her wings, and ye would not!
  • Luke 19:42 : 42 Saying, O if thou haddest euen knowen at the least in this thy day those things, which belong vnto thy peace! but nowe are they hid from thine eyes.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 This first vnderstande, that there shall come in the last dayes, mockers, which wil walke after their lustes,
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; let him that heareth, say, Come: and let him that is a thirst, come: and let whosoeuer will, take of the water of life freely.

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    8Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

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  • Jer 4:22
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    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

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    29Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.

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