Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

Cross References (28)

  • Psalms 1:1 (5)

    Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the sea

  • Proverbs 1:29 (5)

    For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

  • Proverbs 5:12 (5)

    and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

  • Luke 19:42 (4)

    and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

  • Revelation 22:17 (4)

    The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the on

  • John 3:20 (4)

    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

  • Matthew 9:13 (4)

    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner

  • Matthew 11:29–30 (4)

    Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

  • 2 Peter 3:3 (4)

    Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil de

  • Proverbs 19:29 (3)

    Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

  • Proverbs 21:11 (3)

    When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

  • Proverbs 6:9 (3)

    How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

  • Matthew 17:17 (2)

    “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with yo

  • Exodus 16:28 (2)

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

  • Numbers 14:27 (2)

    “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making a

  • Proverbs 9:16–18 (2)

    “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

  • Proverbs 7:7 (2)

    I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

  • Proverbs 3:34 (2)

    He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

  • Proverbs 15:12 (2)

    A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

  • Proverbs 1:7 (2)

    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

  • Proverbs 8:5 (2)

    O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

  • Proverbs 1:4 (2)

    To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

  • Exodus 10:3 (2)

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will yo

  • Psalms 94:8 (2)

    Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

  • Proverbs 9:4–6 (2)

    “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

  • Proverbs 14:6 (2)

    A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

  • Matthew 23:37 (2)

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your chil

  • Job 34:7 (2)

    What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?