How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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Verse 22 is found in chapter 1 of Proverbs. Wisdom appears personified as a woman crying out publicly in the streets, squares, and city gates. Her invitation contrasts with the private seduction of sinners: God openly offers knowledge and correction, but deliberate rejection hardens the listener. The passage presents a decisive moral consequence: the fool’s calamity is not portrayed as chance, but as the result of repeatedly despising wisdom.
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Wie lange wollt ihr Unverständigen unverständig sein und die Spötter Lust zu Spötterei und die Ruchlosen die Lehre hassen?
¿Hasta cuándo, oh simples, amaréis la simpleza, Y los burladores desearán el burlar, Y los insensatos aborrecerán la ciencia?
Jusqu'à quand, stupides, aimerez-vous la stupidité? Jusqu'à quand les moqueurs se plairont-ils à la moquerie, Et les insensés haïront-ils la science?
Dicendo: Infino a quando, o scempi, amerete la scempietà? Ed infino a quando gli schernitori prenderanno piacere in ischernire, Ed i pazzi avranno in odio la scienza?
Até quando, ó simples, amareis a simplicidade? E vós escarnecedores, desejareis o escárnio? E vós insensatos, odiareis o conhecimento?
「你們無知的人喜愛無知, 傲慢人喜歡傲慢, 愚昧人恨惡知識, 要到幾時呢?
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