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Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
    How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery,
    and fools hate knowledge?

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 1:22 naive
  2. Proverbs 1:22 naivete
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Proverbs 1:22
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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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Proverbs 1:22
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22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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Proverbs 3:34
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34 Surely he mocks the mockers,
    but he gives grace to the humble.

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Proverbs 3:34
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34 (A)Surely He scorns the scornful,
But gives grace to the humble.

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Proverbs 3:34
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34 He mocks(A) proud mockers(B)
    but shows favor to the humble(C) and oppressed.

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Proverbs 3:34
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34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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Proverbs 9:7-8
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7 One who corrects a mocker invites insult.
    One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
8 Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
    Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

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Proverbs 9:7-8
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7 “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8 (A)Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(B)Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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Proverbs 9:7-8
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7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.(A)
8 Do not rebuke mockers(B) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.(C)

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Proverbs 9:7-8
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7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

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Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
    but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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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.

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6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)

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Proverbs 14:6
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6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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Proverbs 15:12
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12 A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

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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.

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12 Mockers resent correction,(A)
    so they avoid the wise.

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12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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Proverbs 19:25
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25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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Proverbs 19:25
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25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple (A)will become wary;
(B)Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge.

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Proverbs 19:25
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25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(A) and they will gain knowledge.(B)

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Proverbs 19:25
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25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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Proverbs 19:29
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29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.

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29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
(A)And beatings for the backs of fools.

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29 Penalties are prepared for mockers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.(A)

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Proverbs 19:29
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29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

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