22"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?


In Context

19 Such is the end of all who go after ill- gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;

21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:

22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.

24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,

Proverbs 1:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22|How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:22How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?