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Proverbs 1:22 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 1 · verse 22 · King James Version
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?Proverbs 1:22 · King James Version
Proverbs 1:22 in context
20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Key words (Strong's)
- scornerslûwtsproperly, to make mouths atH3887 →
- scorninglâtsôwnderisionH3944 →
- delightchâmadto delight inH2530 →
- foolskᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
- onespᵉthîysillyH6612 →
- loveʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
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