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 aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in public squares. 21She cries out above the commotion. At the entrances of the city gates, she utters her speech: “How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge? 23You are repulsed at my rebuke. Behold, I pour out my heart to you. I will make my words known to you. 24Because you refused when I called, and did not pay attention when I stretched out my hand,

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 lie there, slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what Adonai, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long would you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so they may serve Me.
• Exodus 16:28Adonai said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My mitzvot and My Torah?
• Numbers 14:27“How long will this wicked community be grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of Bnei-Yisrael grumbling against Me.
• Matthew 17:17And answering, Yeshua said, “O faithless and twisted generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
• Proverbs 7:7I saw among the naïve, I noticed among the youth, a young man lacking understanding,
• Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is naïve, turn in here!” To those who lack understanding, she says:
• Psalms 94:8Pay attention, stupid among the people! Fools, when will you comprehend?
• Matthew 9:13Now go and learn what this means: ‘Mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.’ For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”
• Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and ‘you will find rest for your souls.’
• Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Luke 19:42saying, “If only you had recognized this day the things that lead to shalom! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
• Revelation 22:17The Ruach and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come—let the one who wishes freely take the water of life!
• Proverbs 3:34Though He scoffs at the scoffers, He gives grace to the humble.
• Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom yet finds none, but knowledge is easy to the discerning.
• Proverbs 15:12A mocker dislikes 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