22 “How long, you (A)naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking?
And how long will (B)scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools (C)hate knowledge?

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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools hate knowledge?

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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,
Or you will not [a]discern [b]words of knowledge.

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Footnotes

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

Leave the presence of a fool,
    for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

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

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

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20 Precious treasure remains[a] in a wise man’s dwelling,
    but a foolish man devours it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:20 Gk: Heb and oil

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

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12 A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;
But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.

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12 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
    but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

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

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