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, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
And scoffers delight them in scoffing,
And fools hate 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

[a]Go into the presence of a foolish man,
And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:7 Or, Go from . . . For thou wilt not etc.

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 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

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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 seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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