How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 22:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and are punished. Amplified 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. |
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Is riches, and honour, and life.
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;