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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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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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Stay away from a foolish man,
    for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

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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

20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
    but a foolish man swallows it up.

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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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12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
    but the simple pass on, and suffer for 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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