Proverbs 1:22
“How long, ye simple ones, will ye loue simplicitie? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fooles hate knowledge?”
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Proverbs 1:22 Context
20¶ Wisedome crieth without, she vttereth her voice in the streets: 21Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she vttereth her words, saying, 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye loue simplicitie? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fooles hate knowledge? 23Turne you at my reproofe: behold, I will powre out my spirit vnto you, I will make knowen my wordes vnto you. 24¶ Because I haue called, and yee refused, I haue stretched out my hand, and no man regarded:
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How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- King James Version
"How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
- New American Standard Version (1995)