Proverbs 1:22

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

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:4To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.

Proverbs 1:29And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,

Proverbs 5:12Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33

Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →

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