Copyright 2016 J. Neely
Proverbs 1:22
22 How long, ye simple ones [pathiy], will ye love ['ahab] simplicity [pathiy]? and the scorners [luwts] delight [chamad] in their scorning [latsown], and fools [kaciyl] hate [sane'] knowledge [da`ath]? KJV-Interlinear
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love
being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate
knowledge? ESV
The simple, the
scorner, and the fool, are three terms that describe three categories of people
that are progressively more culpable with regard to sin and evil, and their
chosen beliefs and way of life.
The simple,
describes those that are indifferent through thoughtlessness and indifference,
and thereby open themselves up to evil.
The scorner, are
those who mock, those who express the voice of derision. Scorners hold all things
in derision, both human and divine. They hold contempt for God and openly
ridicule everything and everyone.
Fools, describe
the hardened. There are those who walk after the sight of their own eyes, or
their own imagination. They are driven by the lust of their heart. They are not
ignorant of knowledge, but they hate knowledge and truth because of the
restraint that it places on them in the pursuit of their sins. They are
typically the incorrigible of society, with regard to their attitude.
And the question
is, how long? That is to say, how long will you pursue your chosen pattern of
life, which is a total disregard for truth, with respect to pretense, or
outright outward antagonism.
The simple
includes those who talk the talk, but in fact do nothing.
The scorner
includes those who have given up on God or truth, because they wrongfully
believe that God has failed, when in fact it is they who have failed, through
their stubborn opposition toward their spiritual life.
The fools, are the
hard-core. They substitute other religions, they invent other philosophies,
they have turned their back on reality, and live in their fantasy world which
they have made up themselves.
The world is full
of these three categories of people.
If you find
yourself identifying with any of these three categories, then you need to take
a hard look in the mirror at yourself, put your attitude in check, and get back
to a day by day study of the word of God.
Knowledge and
understanding and wisdom do not come in a day. They only come through a day by
day consistent study of the word of God, throughout the course of your entire
life.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever. To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily
study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big
time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
