How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 22:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and are punished. Dugang nga mga bersyonAmplified Bible - Classic Edition A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering]. American Standard Version (1901) A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. Common English Bible Prudent people see trouble and hide, while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished. Catholic Public Domain Version The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss. English Standard Version 2016 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. |
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool rageth, and is confident.
By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, and honour, and life.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and are punished.
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: