OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 1:22

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“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

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Verse 22. Fools. Hebrew “and scorners delight in their scorning.” Prot.—Such are the pests of society. Bible.—They turn piety to ridicule, and will talk about things which they do not understand, like our esprits forts, ( Calmet.) or pretended philosophers. Bible.

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