Proverbs 1:22
"How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
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Proverbs 6:9
How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Exodus 16:28
Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

Numbers 14:27
"How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.

Matthew 17:17
"O unbelieving and perverse generation!" Jesus replied. "How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me."

ye simple

Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

Proverbs 9:4-6, 16-18
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks judgment she says: . . .

Psalm 94:8
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Matthew 11:29, 30
Take 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 have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Luke 19:42
and said, "If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" Let the one who hears say, "Come!" And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

the scorners

Proverbs 3:34
He mocks those who mock, but gives grace to the humble.

Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Proverbs 15:12
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 21:11
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

Job 34:7
What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

2 Peter 3:3
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

fools

Proverbs 1:7, 29
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. . . .

Proverbs 5:12
and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

King James Bible
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?

International Standard Version
"You na�ve ones, how long will you love naivet�? And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"

NET Bible
"How long will you simpletons love naivet�? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
How long, children, will you love childishness, and you mockers desire mockery, and you fools hate knowledge?
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