Compare the Psalms 1:1 note.

1. The “simple,” literally, “open,” i.e., fatally open to evil;
2. The “scorners,” mocking at all good…

How long ...—Three classes of persons are here addressed:

1. Simple ones, open to good influences, but also to …

How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity ?
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Simple foolish things, agreeably to their characte…

Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to listen to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to listen to the calls of Go…