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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools hate knowledge?(A)

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22 “How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers(A) enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?(B)

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Leave the presence of a fool,
    for there you do not find words of knowledge.

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Stay away from a foolish man;
you will gain no knowledge from his speech.(A)

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20 Precious treasure remains[a] in the house of the wise,
    but the fool devours it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.20 Gk: Heb and oil

20 Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person,
but a foolish man consumes them.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:20 Lit it

12 The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.(A)

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12 A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.(A)

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