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

22 “How long, ye simple ones, will ye love to be simple, and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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

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Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

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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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20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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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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12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

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