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22 “How long, O (A)simple ones, will you love simplicity?
And (B)scoffers delight in scoffing
And [a]fools (C)hate knowledge?

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  1. Proverbs 1:22 One who fails in wisdom due to willful sin

22 “How long, O [a](A)naive ones, will you love [b]being simple-minded?
And (B)scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools (C)hate knowledge?

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  1. Proverbs 1:22 Lit simple ones
  2. Proverbs 1:22 Or naivete

22 “How long will you who are simple(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate(B) knowledge?

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Leave the (A)presence of a fool,
As you have not known lips of knowledge there.

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Leave the (A)presence of a fool,
Or you will not [a]discern [b]words of knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 14:7 Lit know
  2. Proverbs 14:7 Lit lips

Stay away from a fool,
    for you will not find knowledge on their lips.

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20 There is desirable (A)treasure and oil in the abode of the wise,
But a foolish man (B)swallows it up.

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20 There is precious (A)treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man (B)swallows it up.

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20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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12 A prudent man sees evil and hides,
The simple pass on and are punished.

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12 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
The [a]naive proceed and pay the penalty.

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  1. Proverbs 27:12 Lit simple

12 The prudent see danger and take refuge,
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.(A)

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