Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
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Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
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Proverbs 1:23
Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Proverbs 8:5
Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
Psalms 14:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
Psalms 94:8
Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Psalms 92:6
A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
Titus 3:3
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
Psalms 107:17
Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
Proverbs 17:16
How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
Romans 1:22
Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
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Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
Proverbs 1:21
Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
Proverbs 8:1
Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?
Proverbs 8:2
At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place;
Proverbs 8:3
Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:
Proverbs 8:4
I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.
Proverbs 9:3
She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,
Jeremiah 7:2
Take your place in the doorway of the Lord's house, and give out this word there, and say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who come inside these doors to give worship to the Lord.
Jeremiah 19:2
And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, by the way into the door of broken pots, and there say in a loud voice the words which I will give you;
Jeremiah 26:2
This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word;
Matthew 10:27
What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
John 18:20
Jesus made answer, I said things openly to the world at all times; I have given my teaching in the Synagogues and in the Temple to which all the Jews come; and I have said nothing secretly.
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Proverbs 1:24
Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
Proverbs 1:25
You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
Proverbs 1:26
So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
Proverbs 1:27
When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.
Proverbs 1:28
Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
Proverbs 1:30
They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
Proverbs 1:31
So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
Proverbs 1:32
For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
Proverbs 1:33
But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.
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Psalms 1:1
Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
Psalms 1:2
But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
Proverbs 3:34
He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.
Proverbs 14:6
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
Proverbs 29:8
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
Proverbs 19:29
Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
Isaiah 28:14
Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
Isaiah 29:20
For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:
Hosea 7:5
On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
2 Peter 3:3
Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,
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Exodus 10:3
Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?
Exodus 16:28
And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?
Proverbs 6:9
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
Numbers 14:27
How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.
Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Jeremiah 13:27
I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?
Numbers 14:11
And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.
Hosea 8:5
I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?
Joshua 18:3
Then Joshua said to the children of Israel, Why are you so slow to go in and take up your heritage in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Psalms 4:2
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
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Proverbs 9:4
Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:
Proverbs 9:5
Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.
Proverbs 9:6
Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
Psalms 75:4
I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.
Matthew 9:13
But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
Proverbs 1:1
The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
Proverbs 9:16
Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:
Proverbs 15:5
A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
Proverbs 18:2
A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
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Proverbs 1:4
To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the young men one without sense,
Psalms 119:130
The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
Proverbs 14:15
The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.
Psalms 116:6
The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour.
Proverbs 22:3
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Romans 16:18
For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
Romans 16:19
For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.
Proverbs 14:18
Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
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Proverbs 13:1
A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.
Proverbs 15:12
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
Proverbs 9:7
He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.
Proverbs 9:8
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
Proverbs 21:24
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
Proverbs 17:10
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
Proverbs 19:25
When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
Proverbs 22:10
Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
Proverbs 26:4
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
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Proverbs 5:12
And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
John 3:20
The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
John 3:21
But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
2 Chronicles 30:10
So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.
Job 21:14
Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
John 12:36
In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
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Proverbs 14:9
In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
Job 34:7
What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
Job 15:16
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
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Psalms 50:17
Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.
John 3:19
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
Romans 1:28
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
Psalms 95:10
For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
Jeremiah 25:4
And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing;
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
John 12:37
But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:
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Matthew 17:17
And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.
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Isaiah 55:1
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
Isaiah 55:3
Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
Revelation 3:17
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
Revelation 3:18
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
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Acts 5:20
Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
Acts 17:17
So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.
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Psalms 49:1
Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.
Isaiah 28:23
Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.
Matthew 11:15
He who has ears, let him give ear.
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him give ear.
Revelation 2:7
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death.
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Proverbs 2:2
So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
Proverbs 2:3
Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
Proverbs 2:4
If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
Proverbs 2:5
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
James 1:5
But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
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Proverbs 10:23
It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
Proverbs 26:18
As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
Proverbs 26:19
So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
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Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
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Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
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Acts 7:51
You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
Acts 7:53
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
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1 Corinthians 6:9
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
1 Corinthians 6:10
Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
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2 Timothy 3:15
And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:16
Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
2 Timothy 3:17
So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
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