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 Living Translation (NLT)“How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?

Context of Proverbs 1:22

20Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. 21She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words: “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. 23Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. 24Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,

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 will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
• Exodus 16:28And the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?
• Numbers 14:27“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.
• Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
• Proverbs 7:7And saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man devoid of understanding,
• Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
• Psalms 94:8Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?
• Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
• Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
• Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Luke 19:42saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
• Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
• Proverbs 3:34Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble.
• Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
• Proverbs 15:12A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he 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