Proverbs 1:22
“How long, you naive people, will you love being naive? 1 How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery, 1 and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge? 1
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21at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, 1 at the entrance of the city gates she speaks, 1
Cross References
Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says this: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go so that they may worship me.
Numbers 14:27“How long must I tolerate this evil community that criticizes me? I have heard the complaining of the people of Israel against me.
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, 1 or stand in the pathway with sinners, 1 or sit in the assembly of mockers. 1
Proverbs 1:4These proverbs are also to give wisdom to the naive, 1 and to give knowledge and discretion to young people. 1
Proverbs 1:29Because they hate knowledge 1 and did not choose the fear of Yahweh, 1
Proverbs 5:12You will say, “How I hated instruction 1 and my heart despised correction! 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 →