(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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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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Footnotes

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

29 Because they (A)hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.

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