Pro 1:22, 3:34, 14:6, Isa 5:19, 28:14, 29:20, Hos 7:5 | ESV | STEP | How long , O simple ones , will you love being simple ? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge ?

Proverbs 1:22

22 “How long, O ^asimple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will ^bscoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools ^chate knowledge?

Proverbs 3:34

34 Toward the ^dscorners he ^eis scornful,
^fbut to the humble he gives favor. ^{▼▼Or grace}

Proverbs 14:6

6 ^hA scoffer seeks wisdom ⁱin vain,
but ^jknowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

Isaiah 5:19

19 who say: ^k“Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”

Isaiah 28:14

A Cornerstone in Zion

14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you ^lscoffers,
who rule this people in Jerusalem!

Isaiah 29:20

20 For the ruthless shall come to nothing
and ^mthe scoffer cease,
and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,

Hosea 7:5

5 On the day of ⁿour king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.