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Proverbs 1:22
22“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?
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 shouts in the streets. She cries out in the public square. 21She calls to the crowds along the main street, to those gathered in front of the city gate: “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? 23Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise. 24“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 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 6:9But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so they can worship me.
- Exodus 16:28The Lord asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions?
- Numbers 14:27“How long must I put up with this wicked community and its complaints about me? Yes, I have heard the complaints the Israelites are making against me.
- Matthew 17:17Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
- Proverbs 7:7I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense.
- Proverbs 9:4“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
- Psalms 94:8Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?
- Matthew 9:13Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
- Luke 19:42“How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.
- Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life.
- Proverbs 3:34The Lord mocks the mockers but is gracious to the humble.
- Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
- Proverbs 15:12Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from 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
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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
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