NET Bible
"“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?"
— Proverbs 1:22, NET Bible
“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”
“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? ”
“"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?”
“O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?”
“How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?”
“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”
Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;
at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one was paying attention,
and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,