Proverbs 1:22
Proverbs chapter 1 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
KJV
King James Version · 1611How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
- Exodus 16:28
And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Proverbs 1:29
For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
- Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
- Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;