Proverbs 1:22
Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
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Exodus 10:3And Moshe and Aharon came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Hashem Elohei HaIvrim, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Numbers 14:27How long shall I bear with this Edah Hara'ah, which murmur against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the Bnei Yisroel, which they murmur against Me.
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the ish that walketh not 1 in the Etzah (counsel, scheme) of the Resha'im, 1 nor standeth in the Derech Chatta'im, 1 nor sitteth in the Moshav (seat) of the Leitzim (scornful, ones mocking and reviling). 1
Proverbs 1:4To give subtlety to the simple, 1 to the na'ar, da'as and discretion. 1
Proverbs 1:29For that they hated da'as, 1 and did not choose the Yirat Hashem; 1
Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated musar, 1 and my lev spurned tokhakhat (reproof); 1
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 →