Proverbs 1:22
“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 5:12 : 12 And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!
- Ps 1:1 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
- Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,
- Prov 3:34 : 34 With arrogant scoffers he is scornful, yet he shows favor to the humble.
- Ps 94:8 : 8 Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?
- Prov 1:4 : 4 To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.
- Prov 1:7 : 7 Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.
- Exod 10:3 : 3 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him,“This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said:‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!
- Exod 16:28 : 28 So the LORD said to Moses,“How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?
- Num 14:27 : 27 “How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.
- Job 34:7 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!
- Prov 6:9 : 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
- Prov 7:7 : 7 and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.
- Prov 8:5 : 5 You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
- Prov 9:4-6 : 4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said, 5 “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. 6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
- Prov 9:16-18 : 16 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said, 17 “Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!” 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
- Prov 14:6 : 6 The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.
- Prov 15:12 : 12 The scorner will not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.
- Prov 19:29 : 29 Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
- Prov 21:11 : 11 When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.
- Matt 9:13 : 13 Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
- Matt 17:17 : 17 Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”
- Matt 23:37 : 37 Judgment on Israel“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
- Luke 19:42 : 42 saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
- John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
- 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
- Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say,“Come!” And let the one who hears say:“Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
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