Proverbs 1:22
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”
דַּעַת
Knowledge, intimacy. Da'ath. Deep personal knowing, not just information. God wants to know you and be known by you. Not a transaction but a living relationship.
מָתַי
when?
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מָתַי
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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פְּתִי
O naive people
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פְּתִי
silly (i.e. seducible)
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שָׂנֵא
will they hate?
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שָׂנֵא
to hate (personally)
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חָמַד
do they delight in?
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חָמַד
to delight in
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לָצוֹן
mockery
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לָצוֹן
derision
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