²² “How long, O ^(A)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^(B)scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools ^(C)hate knowledge?

²⁹ Because they ^(A)hated knowledge
    and ^(B)did not choose the fear of the Lord,

¹² and you say, ^(A)“How I hated discipline,
    and my heart ^(B)despised reproof!

¹⁴ They say to God, ^(A)‘Depart from us!
    We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.