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, you [a]simple ones, will you love [b]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:22 naive
  2. Proverbs 1:22 naivete

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

Go from the presence of a foolish man,
When you do not perceive in him the lips of (A)knowledge.

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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 (A)There is desirable treasure,
And oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man squanders it.

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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 foresees evil and hides himself;
The simple pass on and are (A)punished.

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