Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, you [a]simple ones, will you love [b]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:22 naive
- Proverbs 1:22 naivete
Proverbs 5:12
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12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
Proverbs 1:29
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Psalm 1:1
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BOOK ONE
Psalms 1–41
The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly
1 Blessed (A)is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
(B)Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Footnotes
- Psalm 1:1 wicked
Revelation 22:17
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17 And the Spirit and (A)the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” (B)And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
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2 Peter 3:3
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3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, (A)walking according to their own lusts,
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John 3:20
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20 For (A)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
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Matthew 11:29-30
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29 Take My yoke upon you (A)and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and (B)lowly in heart, (C)and you will find rest for your souls. 30 (D)For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
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- Matthew 11:29 meek
Matthew 9:13
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13 But go and learn what this means: (A)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, (B)but sinners, [a]to repentance.”
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- Matthew 9:13 NU omits to repentance
Proverbs 21:11
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11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise;
But when the (A)wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Luke 19:42
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42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this (A)your day, the things that (B)make for your (C)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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Matthew 23:37
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Matthew 17:17
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17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O [a]faithless and (A)perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
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- Matthew 17:17 unbelieving
Proverbs 19:29
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29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
(A)And beatings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 15:12
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12 (A)A scoffer does not love one who corrects him,
Nor will he go to the wise.
Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,
But (A)knowledge is easy to him who understands.
Proverbs 9:16-18
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16 “Whoever(A) is [a]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 “Stolen(B) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that (C)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [b]hell.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:16 naive
- Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol
Proverbs 9:4-6
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4 “Whoever(A) is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come,(B) eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 8:5
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5 O you [a]simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
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- Proverbs 8:5 naive
Proverbs 7:7
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7 And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the [a]youths,
A young man (A)devoid[b] of understanding,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:7 Lit. sons
- Proverbs 7:7 lacking
Proverbs 6:9
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down
Proverbs 3:34
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34 (A)Surely He scorns the scornful,
But gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:4
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4 To give prudence to the (A)simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—
Psalm 94:8
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8 Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
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