Holy Scripture
Proverbs 1:22
A church father on this verse
“How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long, little ones in the sense of the old covenant's ceremony, as the new one shines forth, will you love it? How long will you prefer Moses to Christ, the Law to the Gospel? How long will you advance the decrees given by a servant to the still immature people ove…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, And are become subject to reproofs.
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In context
20Wisdom sings aloud in passages, And in the broad places speaks boldly.
21And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, And sits by the gates of princes; And at the gates of the city boldly says,
— Proverbs 1:22 —
23Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, And I will instruct you in my speech.
24Since I called, and ye did not hearken; And I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;