Proverbs 1:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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  • 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 ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
  • Prov 3:34 : 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD 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 the LORD 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, which 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 scorning 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 beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth 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; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 ¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 ¶ A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 ¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
  • Prov 21:11 : 11 ¶ When the scorner 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› [that] ‹meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.›
  • 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 Then Jesus answered and said, ‹O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.›
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 ‹O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,› [thou] ‹that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, 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, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things› [which belong] ‹unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.›
  • John 3:20 : 20 ‹For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.›
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 ¶ Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

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