Proverbs 1:22

Proverbs 1:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• New International Version (NIV)“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
• English Standard Version (ESV)"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.

Context of Proverbs 1:22

20Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas; 21at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words: “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? 23If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you. 24However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one paid attention,

Proverbs 1:22 word by word

עַד־מָתַ֣י׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How long, ye simple onesפֶּ֫תִיpethîy pethîy pethâ'îy · simpleH6612
• will ye loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• simplicityפְּתִיpethîy pethîy pethâ'îy · simplicityH6612
• and the scornersלִיץlûts · to mockH3887
• delightחָמַדchâmad · to desireH2530
• in their scorningלָצוֹןlâtsôn · scorningH3944
• and foolsכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684
• hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:22

• Proverbs 6:9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!
• Exodus 16:28So the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?
• Numbers 14:27“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.
• Matthew 17:17Jesus 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.”
• Proverbs 7:7and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths – a young man who lacked wisdom.
• Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding.
• Psalms 94:8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?
• Matthew 9:13Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
• Matthew 23:37“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 19:42saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
• Revelation 22:17And 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.
• Proverbs 3:34Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.
• Proverbs 14:6The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.
• Proverbs 15:12The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

Commentaries on Proverbs 1:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Ye simple ones - פתים pethayim, ye who have been seduced and deceived. See on Proverbs 1:4; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Compare the Psalm 1:1 note. (1) The “simple,” literally, “open,” i. e. fatally open to evil; (2) the “scorners,” mocking at all good; (3) lastly, the “fools” in the sense of being hardened, obstinate, perverse, hating the knowledge they have rejected.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners. Proud, jovial people, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Proverbs uses three main words to describe those who lack God's wisdom: Simple ones (Hebrew pethim) have not rejected God's wisdom and are most open to correction (see Proverbs 1:4). Fools (Hebrew kesilim) have heard God's wisdom but resist it. Scoffers (Hebrew latsonim) not only resist wisdom but also ridicule it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1). Wisdom--literally, "Wisdoms," the plural…Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 1:22

• Blindness
• Fool
• Infidelity
• Instruction
• Knowledge
• Repentance
• Scoffing
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity
• Proverb
• Refrain

Commentaries on Proverbs 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings