Proverbs 1:22

Wisdom rebukes the simple, mockers, and fools for loving their folly. It matters because it confronts the willful resistance to wisdom that delays repentance.

Cross-references · 28

• Ps 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Prov 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• 2 Pet 3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
• Prov 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
• John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
• Matt 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
• Matt 11:29–30Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• Luke 19:42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
• Rev 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
• Prov 21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
• Prov 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
• Prov 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
• Prov 1:4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
• Job 34:7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
• Ps 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
• Prov 15:12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
• Prov 9:4–6Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
• Prov 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Matt 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
• Prov 9:16–18Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
• Prov 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
• Prov 7:7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
• Exod 16:28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
• Num 14:27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
• Matt 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
• Prov 3:34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
• Exod 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
• Prov 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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