20 [a]Wisdom crieth without: she uttereth her voice in the [b]streets.

21 She calleth in the high street, among the prease in the enterings of the gates, and uttereth her words in the city, saying,

22 O ye [c]foolish, how long will ye love foolishness? and the scornful take their pleasure in scorning? and the fools hate knowledge?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:20 This wisdom is the eternal word of God.
  2. Proverbs 1:20 So that none can pretend ignorance.
  3. Proverbs 1:22 Wisdom reproveth three kinds of men: the foolish or simple which err of ignorance, and the mockers that cannot suffer to be taught, and the fools which are drowned in worldly lusts and hate the knowledge of godliness.

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